Du Plooy Surname
Approximately 15,182 people bear this surname
Du Plooy Surname Definition:
(1) Place name in French (Plouy, near Calais). (2) Also “Son of Ploye” in French. (Ploier - “to pour out.”)
Du Plooy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15,177 | 1:3,570 | 469 |
| Australia | 327 | 1:82,556 | 9,565 |
| England | 148 | 1:376,473 | 26,505 |
| New Zealand | 79 | 1:57,321 | 9,018 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| Namibia | 40 | 1:60,235 | 6,839 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Du Plooÿ (1) are calculated separately.
Du Plooy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(1) Place name in French (Plouy, near Calais). (2) Also “Son of Ploye” in French. (Ploier - “to pour out.”)
Du Plooy Demographics
Average Male Du Plooy Height
175.82 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Du Plooy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Du Plooy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Du Plooy is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Du Plooÿ. For other possible spellings of Du Plooy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Du Plooy? popularity and diffusion
Du Plooy is the 34,875th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 480,012 people. Du Plooy is predominantly found in Africa, where 101 percent of Du Plooy are found; 101 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Du Plooy is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 15,177 people, or 1 in 3,570. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 36 percent live, Western Cape, where 14 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Du Plooy Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Du Plooy earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 75.11% more than the national average, earning R 416,136 per year and in United States they earn 54.02% more than the national average, earning $66,458 USD per year.
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