Plef Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Plef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy331:1,853,23386,897
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Plef (10) may also be a first name.

Plef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plef occurs most in Italy. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plef? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Plef reside; 94 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 94 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 10 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,853,233. In Italy it is most numerous in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 100 percent reside. Besides Italy it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleif8919/
Plefh897/
Pleaf893/
Pleef891/
Pleft891/
Pleff891/
Plefe891/
Pleuf890/
Plefs890/
Plf861/
Pailef808/
Petlef802/
Pleuff800/
Plew751,292/
Plev7575/
Pleb753/
Plff752/
Plfs752/
Pflf751/
Pylf751/
Plwf751/
Pllf751/
Plfe751/
Pilf751/
Pelleff731/
Pliev674,425/
Pleva672,990/
Plews672,183/
Pylev67648/
Plaev6794/
Pfilf6752/
Pleev6730/
Ploev6726/
Pfülf6717/
Phlev6713/
Pleew679/
Ploew672/
Pelfz672/
Pailleff671/
Phelf671/
Pellf671/
Pleiw671/
Pleeb671/
Pliff670/
Philf670/
Phlif670/
Pilft670/
Plevs670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plef
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