Plegas Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Plegas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plegas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1981:55,9599,328
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Plegas Last Name Facts

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

Plegas is found most frequently in Greece. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plegas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,136,896th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Plegas are found; 94 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Plegas is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 55,959. In Greece it is most prevalent in: Western Greece, where 92 percent live and Attica, where 8 percent live. Excluding Greece this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Plegas Last Name Statistics demography

Plegas earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 4.83% more than the national average, earning $52,081 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plengas924/
Phlegas920/
Plega9167/
Pellegas8698/
Pillegas8611/
Pelgas8363/
Plagas8315/
Plegat8313/
Pilgas835/
Plogas832/
Plegai832/
Plgass831/
Pliega831/
Phlega830/
Plga802/
Pillega77107/
Pellega7735/
Pliagas7717/
Pliogas777/
Pliegos777/
Pilga73101/
Plego7345/
Pelga7336/
Plyga7318/
Pliga7312/
Pelligas7144/
Ploghaus7138/
Pillegai711/
Phelgais711/
Pliego6713,543/
Pellegaud67185/
Plagos6788/
Plisga6756/
Plinga6744/
Plynga6732/
Pilgay6721/
Pligos6715/
Paelga6710/
Pilgasova678/
Plégat677/
Pilnga676/
Pleigo675/
Pillegaud674/
Pelgasova673/
Pelgay672/
Puilga671/
Pleago671/
Plengo671/
Pllego671/
Plygos671/
Pillga671/
Plegou671/

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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 Plegas
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