Plegt Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Plegt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plegt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1561:108,25117,376
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Plegt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plegt is most common in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plegt? popularity and diffusion

Plegt is the 1,300,225th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. Plegt is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Plegt live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Plegt is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 108,251. In The Netherlands Plegt is most common in: Overijssel, where 76 percent are found, South Holland, where 9 percent are found and North Holland, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleg890/
Pligt8014/
Plieg8011/
Pfleg803/
Pleig801/
Plogt801/
Plagt800/
Plegh800/
Plg75336/
Pelleg7395/
Plegue7360/
Pletke7335/
Ploigt7322/
Pleugh7310/
Pilleg731/
Phlegh731/
Pfleeg730/
Plec67199/
Pelg67129/
Plettke6744/
Plek6725/
Pilg676/
Plig675/
Plex674/
Plke673/
Plkg672/
Hplg671/
Pleq671/
Plgc671/
Plhg671/
Plegova671/
Pplg671/
Phlg671/
Pflg671/
Vplg671/

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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 Plegt
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