Du Plessis Surname

6,552nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86,222 people bear this surname

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

Du Plessis Surname Definition:

Place name in France. A person coming from Le Plessis of which there are several. The name means “Fenced Ground”.

Du Plessis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa86,0801:62946
Australia1,0211:26,4403,596
Namibia9821:2,454384
England8441:66,0177,665
New Zealand2821:16,0582,799
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
Swaziland1521:8,541460
France1501:442,81863,836
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Netherlands1221:138,41921,220
Botswana831:26,3495,307
Thailand771:917,381143,219
Scotland551:97,3426,721
Mozambique361:757,2661,613
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Qatar281:84,2149,043
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Zambia121:1,320,82731,121
Wales111:281,32115,850
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Norway71:734,61250,907
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
China61:227,886,92811,701
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Laos41:1,647,081888
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Macau31:200,543803
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Du Plessis (19) may also be a first name.

Du Plessis Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in France. A person coming from Le Plessis of which there are several. The name means “Fenced Ground”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Du Plessis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Du Plessis is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname Du Plessis is the 6,552nd most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 84,521 people. The last name Du Plessis is mostly found in Africa, where 101 percent of Du Plessis live; 101 percent live in Southern Africa and 101 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Du Plessis is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 86,080 people, or 1 in 629. In South Africa Du Plessis is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 32 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 82 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.

Du Plessis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Du Plessis earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.23% more than the national average, earning 419,543 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 69.65% more than the national average, earning R 403,152 per year; in United States they earn 26.45% more than the national average, earning $54,563 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.85% more than the national average, earning $55,074 CAD per year.

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