Du Plessies Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Du Plessies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Du Plessies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Du Plessies Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Du Plessies Come From? nationality or country of origin

Du Plessies is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Du Plessies? popularity and diffusion

The surname Du Plessies is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Du Plessies reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 18 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 18 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 9 percent are found.

Du Plessies Last Name Statistics demography

Du Plessies earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.43% more than the national average, earning R 293,316 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Du Plessies
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