Pfläging Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Pfläging Surname User-submission:
The surname Pfläging means 'one who had a careful behaviour with the things of other people'. It comes from Pfläg (Pflegen), which means 'to care about', 'being careful with', and -ing, which means 'thing', 'what somebody owns'.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 112 | 1:718,799 | 54,527 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Pflaging (24) are calculated separately.
Pfläging Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Pfläging means 'one who had a careful behaviour with the things of other people'. It comes from Pfläg (Pflegen), which means 'to care about', 'being careful with', and -ing, which means 'thing', 'what somebody owns'. It originated from the Kassel region, Germany.
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Where Does The Last Name Pfläging Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pfläging is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pflaging. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfläging? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pfläging is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Pfläging is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfläging are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 718,799. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 59 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pflaging | 96 | 24 | / |
| Pläging | 93 | 47 | / |
| Pfleging | 88 | 328 | / |
| Pflaeging | 82 | 14 | / |
| Pflenging | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pfledging | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pleging | 80 | 93 | / |
| Pflagin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pflegin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pflying | 80 | 0 | / |
| Flaging | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pleeging | 75 | 48 | / |
| Plaeging | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pflegeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phleging | 75 | 1 | / |
| Plieging | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fleaging | 75 | 0 | / |
| Phflying | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pligin | 71 | 904 | / |
| Flying | 71 | 103 | / |
| Fleing | 71 | 50 | / |
| Flöing | 71 | 37 | / |
| Plagin | 71 | 33 | / |
| Flagin | 71 | 22 | / |
| Fligin | 71 | 17 | / |
| Plygin | 71 | 16 | / |
| Flygin | 71 | 9 | / |
| Flegin | 71 | 6 | / |
| Plaing | 71 | 5 | / |
| Plogin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Flogin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ploing | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pleing | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fléing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pfleng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Floing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fluing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Flyagin | 67 | 956 | / |
| Playing | 67 | 339 | / |
| Plesing | 67 | 89 | / |
| Flygind | 67 | 66 | / |
| Plecing | 67 | 33 | / |
| Plasing | 67 | 28 | / |
| Flätgen | 67 | 27 | / |
| Flising | 67 | 20 | / |
| Plaigin | 67 | 12 | / |
| Flågeng | 67 | 11 | / |
| Plojing | 67 | 10 | / |
| Plöjing | 67 | 6 | / |
| Plighin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Plyagin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pleingh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fliagin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Flexing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pliagin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plengin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flaying | 67 | 1 | / |
| Floying | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fleßing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fleuing | 67 | 0 | / |
| Flesing | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fluings | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fleeing | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phligin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pflegen | 67 | 0 | / |
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