Du Plessis Surname
Approximately 86,222 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 86,080 | 1:629 | 46 |
| Australia | 1,021 | 1:26,440 | 3,596 |
| Namibia | 982 | 1:2,454 | 384 |
| England | 844 | 1:66,017 | 7,665 |
| New Zealand | 282 | 1:16,058 | 2,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United States | 169 | 1:2,144,727 | 135,635 |
| Swaziland | 152 | 1:8,541 | 460 |
| France | 150 | 1:442,818 | 63,836 |
| Canada | 145 | 1:254,108 | 24,080 |
| Netherlands | 122 | 1:138,419 | 21,220 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| Thailand | 77 | 1:917,381 | 143,219 |
| Scotland | 55 | 1:97,342 | 6,721 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Argentina | 35 | 1:1,221,240 | 71,984 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
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”.
Du Plessis Demographics
Average Male Du Plessis Height
176.35 cm
Average Female Du Plessis Height
161.46 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Du Plesis | 95 | 40 | / |
| Du Plessies | 95 | 11 | / |
| Du Plessi | 95 | 4 | / |
| Du Plessist | 95 | 1 | / |
| Du Pleassis | 95 | 1 | / |
| Du Vplessis | 95 | 1 | / |
| Du Plesssis | 95 | 1 | / |
| Du Plessiss | 95 | 1 | / |
| Du Plessix | 90 | 117 | / |
| Du-Plessis | 90 | 48 | / |
| Du Plessie | 90 | 12 | / |
| Du Plesses | 90 | 9 | / |
| Du Plissis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Du Pleesis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Du Plesie | 84 | 2 | / |
| Du Plessy | 84 | 2 | / |
| Du Pleesi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Du Plesies | 80 | 4 | / |
| Du-Plessix | 80 | 3 | / |
| Du-Plessie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Du Plessey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Du Plissy | 74 | 0 | / |
| Du Plissey | 70 | 0 | / |
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