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Family name Pelikan (Pelikan , Pelikán , ペリカン) , around the world, is quite a common surname. The family name Pelikan is characteristic of Czechia, where it is quite a common surname, Slovakia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Austria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Czechia, Germany, and the United States. Much less frequently, Pelikan is the forename as well as the last name.