Pleco Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Moldova

Pleco Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pleco Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

The alternate forms: Plećo (10) are calculated separately.

Pleco Last Name Facts

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

Pleco is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Plećo. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleco? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Pleco occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pleco live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Pleco is primarily found in: California, where 40 percent are found, Michigan, where 40 percent are found and Georgia, where 20 percent are found. Beside The United States Pleco is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 33 percent are found and Austria, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plećo9310/
Plesco91695/
Plecko91161/
Plecho91134/
Plexco9115/
Pletco912/
Plieco911/
Pleeco910/
Plco892/
Pilleco837/
Plechou831/
Plescko830/
Pilco8022,525/
Plejo80429/
Placo80114/
Pleso8087/
Pelco8034/
Ploco8027/
Pleca8023/
Pleko8018/
Plico804/
Plcou802/
Plcco801/
Pellesco77107/
Plescott7715/
Pillecco7714/
Pellecio773/
Pillco7310,045/
Plesca737,180/
Pleško731,191/
Plesko731,090/
Philco73576/
Placko73534/
Pleşca73457/
Placco73420/
Plecas73367/
Plecha73311/
Pleșca73287/
Plisco73221/
Plicko73124/
Pyleko73107/
Pelcot73100/
Plchot7368/
Pleyko7357/
Pletko7342/
Plicot7334/
Plocco7333/
Pleejo7328/
Plesio7320/
Pleiko7316/
Plicio7315/
Plesso7313/
Pliaco7311/
Pellco739/
Plekho738/
Plecia738/
Pilcco736/
Plecka736/
Pelcio735/
Plecat735/
Plcios734/
Plehko733/
Plekou733/
Pldcio733/
Plesho732/
Plaico731/
Playco731/
Plezko731/
Pleèko731/
Plegio731/
Plejoo731/
Pelsco730/
Pleiscott715/
Pleschkou711/
Pleshchko711/
Pittlecou710/
Pellico671,141/
Plychko67545/
Pellejo67518/
Plichko67176/
Plescau67143/
Pleszko67103/
Pletcha6755/
Plecash6731/
Plekhot6721/
Pleejoo6717/
Plchout679/
Phillco678/
Pellaco677/
Pleckas676/
Petelco676/
Pleßkod676/
Plechka675/
Plessko672/
Pleasca672/
Plzo672/
Pillcco672/
Plca672/
Plechaa671/
Pleggio671/
Pliekou671/
Plso671/
Pillaco671/
Plko671/
Pellcot671/
Pelczou671/
Pillejo671/
Pleaşcă671/
Plecaud671/
Plejoux671/
Plekach671/
Plesiot671/
Pliecka671/
Philcod671/
Pleskoi671/
Plxo671/
Philcot670/
Pletcka670/

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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 Pleco
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