Plehiers Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Plehiers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plehiers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium841:136,86519,611
France401:1,660,568152,033
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Plehiers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plehiers is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plehiers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plehiers is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Plehiers are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 136,865. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Belgium this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 28 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Plehiers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plehiers last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Plehiers earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleijers8894/
Plahiers8829/
Pleyiers8816/
Pleers8617/
Pliers869/
Pleirs862/
Pleyers80186/
Piliers801/
Plers770/
Pelliers751/
Pluijgers71149/
Plears7118/
Pléers712/
Plyers711/
Plersh711/
Plairs710/
Pillers67334/
Plersch6756/
Pellers675/
Plowers674/
Players672/
Plierce671/
Pilgers670/
Pellaers63293/
Pellears632/
Pluggers631/
Pillairs631/
Plaggers631/
Pflowers630/
Pilleyars591/
Plerce5714/
Plursch53100/

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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
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  • 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 Plehiers
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