Pélaez

surname · Latin script

Pélaez is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Spain. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Peláez (patronymic of Pelayo).

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Spanish Peláez (patronymic of Pelayo).

Sources 1

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pélaez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Pélaez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
ES Spain—16K—
US United States—6K—
EC Ecuador—4.7K—
AR Argentina—2.9K—
UY Uruguay—1.9K—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC — civil registry names; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pélaez is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Spain

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Pelaez, Peláez, Pelaéz, Pelàez, Pélaëz

  • Spanish surname73 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Peru, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

    Also written Pelaez, Peláez, Пелаес, Пелаэс

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pélaez under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pélaez mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Peláez (patronymic of Pelayo). Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Pélaez have the most bearers?
Pélaez is most frequently recorded in Spain.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pélaez”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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