Plekss Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Plekss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plekss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Plekss Last Name Facts

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

Plekss is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plekss? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plekss is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Plekss live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Plekss is primarily concentrated in: California, where 50 percent are found and New Jersey, where 50 percent are found. Other than The United States Plekss exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 25 percent are found and Latvia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleks917/
Plikss8351/
Plescs833/
Plecks831/
Pleaks830/
Plek8025/
Plesske773/
Plakshs771/
Phlek73488/
Plekh73363/
Plaks73282/
Pleak73138/
Pleck73137/
Pleik7321/
Plõks7312/
Pilks7311/
Pleke735/
Ploks732/
Pliek731/
P'Lek731/
Pleake67188/
Pellek67150/
Pleske6761/
Pleick6754/
Plecke6744/
Placks6739/
Plk6736/
Pleßke6736/
Pletke6735/
Plöcks6720/
Pleeck6718/
Plikse6716/
Phelks674/
Plyaks673/
Plīkšs672/
Plehik672/
Plikšs671/
Pliksh671/
Pfleck671/
Philks671/
Pleike671/
Pylkæs671/
Plejke671/
Pleuck670/
Plocks670/

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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 Plekss
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