Plaege Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plaege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Plaege Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plaege is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaege? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plaege is the 3,228,735th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Plaege occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Plaege live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 69 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plaeger9263/
Plaenge924/
Plage91675/
Plege9165/
Pflaeger865/
Phlaeger860/
Plagge832,504/
Plegge83460/
Pflege8320/
Plaige8320/
Ploege832/
Plauge832/
Plageh831/
Pleuge830/
Phlage830/
Plaece830/
Ploeger772,745/
Pleuger77518/
Plauger77144/
Pillage77121/
Pleiger7743/
Pellege7710/
Pellage779/
Pluegge778/
Pillege777/
Plaeser773/
Playage772/
Ploeget771/
Pleager771/
Plaiger770/
Pläge7331/
Ploge7317/
Plagi7315/
Plegi731/
Pfleiger71205/
Pfleuger71131/
Pfleager7116/
Pflauger7112/
Ploegger711/
Pleigies711/
Peellage711/
Phleuger710/
Phleager710/
Plaugger710/
Phleiger710/
Pläger6727/
Plaggi6716/
Ploese677/
Plagie674/
Plauga674/
Plegai672/
Plaghi672/
Pleguy671/
Ploece671/
Phleigher670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plaege
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