The Pelican surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 367 people carried this name — #55,841 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 340 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Pelican.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Pelican live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Pelican,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dumitru Pelican 1957– · politician
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Michaela Pelican 1972– · ethnologist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pelican.
- Pelayo 8,402 · U.S. census
- Pelc 1,003 · U.S. census
- Pelchat 693 · U.S. census
- Pele 329 · U.S. census
- Pelegrin 393 · U.S. census
- Pelen 123 · U.S. census
- Pelini 143 · U.S. census
- Pelissier 607 · U.S. census
- Pellas 109 · U.S. census
- Pelle 800 · U.S. census
- Pellegrin 2,080 · U.S. census
- Pellegrini 4,011 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pelican is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.