Pleiger Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Pleiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pleiger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pleiger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pleiger occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pleiger? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Pleiger reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent are found, Bavaria, where 36 percent are found and Hamburg, where 4 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 30 percent are found and Switzerland, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Pleiger
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