Pleissner Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pleissner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pleissner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Pleissner Last Name Facts

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

Pleissner has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleissner? popularity and diffusion

Pleissner is the 2,876,555th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Pleissner occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Pleissner live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 1,916,797. In Germany Pleissner is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 55 percent live, Hesse, where 24 percent live and Saxony, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Pleissner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pleissner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pleissner last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Pleissner
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