Pelēkais

surname · Latin script

Meaning: definite nominative masculine singular of pelēks

Pelēkais is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 6.7K(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (inferred from the name graph)

≈280 people, est.

Sources
6 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pelekais in LV Latvia.

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)

definite nominative masculine singular of pelēks

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pelēkais is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia#785≈280 est.≈1 in 6.7K—Pelekais6
EE Estonia———listed——

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.

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

Pelēkais is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, United States

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Pelekais

1 further group 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Pelēkais is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Vārgulis

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pelēkais 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 Pelēkais mean, and where does it come from?
definite nominative masculine singular of pelēks Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Pelēkais have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 282 people named Pelēkais in Latvia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pelekais.
How common is the name Pelēkais?
Mondonomo estimates about 280 people in Latvia have Pelēkais as their first surname, about 1 in 6.7 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Pelēkais compared with other names?
In Latvia, Pelēkais is the 785th most common surname of 60,294 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Pelēkais” — the 785th most common surname in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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