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Where Does The Last Name Pleger Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Pleger is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Pléger. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleger? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 253,171^st most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,665,522 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Pleger live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 975 people, or 1 in 82,570. In Germany Pleger is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 10 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Poland, where 4 percent are found.

Pleger Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Pleger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pleger last name expanded 1,279 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pleger Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Pleger surname are 16.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.33% being registered with the political party.

Pleger earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.02% less than the national average, earning $41,415 USD per year.