The Pellas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 109 people carried this name — #150,452 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 105 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Pellas.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Var.
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 the Nordic population registers
296 people named Pellas are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pellas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leopoldo Pellas 1897–1918 · military personnel
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Paul Pellas 1924–1997 · geologist
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Romain Pellas 1961– · artist
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Lucas Pellas 1995– · handball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pellas.
- Pele 329 · U.S. census
- Pelegrin 393 · U.S. census
- Pelen 123 · U.S. census
- Pelican 367 · U.S. census
- Pelini 143 · U.S. census
- Pelissier 607 · U.S. census
- Pelle 800 · U.S. census
- Pellegrin 2,080 · U.S. census
- Pellegrini 4,011 · U.S. census
- Pellegrino 7,398 · U.S. census
- Peller 931 · U.S. census
- Pellerin 3,259 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pellas 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.