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 occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Plef click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plef? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Plef is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Plef live; 94 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 94 percent live in Italic Europe. Plef is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name globally, borne by 10 people.

The surname Plef is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,853,233. In Italy it is mostly found in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Italy it occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent live.

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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