Flug Surname

390,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Flug Surname User-submission:

German for 'flight'.

Flug Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5051:717,74056,514
Germany2911:276,65129,145
Canada601:614,09350,489
Austria181:473,08046,251
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

The alternate forms: Flüg (45) are calculated separately.

Flug Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

German for 'flight'.

- chiara

Flug Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flug (Russian: Флуг) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Flüg. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flug? popularity and diffusion

Flug is the 390,407th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,034,781 people. The surname Flug occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Flug are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 717,740. In The United States Flug is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 20 percent live, Minnesota, where 13 percent live and Iowa, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Flug Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flug has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flug last name rose 1,530 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flug Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flug surname are 6.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.16% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Flug earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.24% more than the national average, earning $46,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.88% more than the national average, earning $54,593 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flüg9245/
Pflug897,210/
Flugt89140/
Flyug89104/
Fhlug8938/
Flugs8930/
Flugg893/
Floug891/
Flugh891/
Fleug890/
Flueg890/
Flaug890/
Flaugh80504/
Pflugh80419/
Pflyug8046/
Pflugk8029/
Pflueg8027/
Flough803/
Pfluhg802/
Fluggh801/
Pflugg801/
Fluggs801/
Fleugh800/
Fluegg800/
Flux751,289/
Flig75350/
Fluk75287/
Flog7542/
Felleug731/
Flugová731/
Fluck673,761/
Fluke672,224/
Flaux67864/
Fligg67691/
Flieg67679/
Flusk67668/
Floux67150/
Pflugová6735/
Flyuk6722/
Pfluk6712/
Flyugova676/
Flogg675/
Fluek674/
Pfluq672/
Flouk672/
Fligh672/
Flauk672/
Flauc672/
Floog671/
Fleuk671/
Pflugova671/
Pflog671/
Phlug671/
Fluzk671/

Flug Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flug in the Russian language
Флугflug-

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