Pelle surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pelle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 800 people carried this name — #29,502 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 782 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,339 people named Pelle.

40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 79 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 40
Finistère 413
Loiret 288
Paris 205
Loir-et-Cher 93
Nièvre 87
Ille-et-Vilaine 78
Gironde 65
Yvelines 65

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 389 people named Pelle live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 296
City of Buenos Aires 55
Santa Fe 38

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

56 people named Pelle live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Fribourg 23
Vaud 23
Ticino 4
St. Gallen 3
Zurich 3

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 Pelle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Raffaele Pelle 1866– · lawyer
  • János Pelle 1885–1957 · poet
  • János Pelle 1885–1957 · poet
  • István Pelle 1907–1986 · artistic gymnast
  • Jean Pierre Pelle 1945– · professeur des universités
  • Erzsébet Pelle 1947–2012 · opera singer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Pelle.

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