Plelan Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Plelan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plelan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France501:1,328,454133,611
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Plélan (3) are calculated separately.

Plelan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plelan has its highest incidence in France. It can appear as: Plélan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plelan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plelan is the 2,635,433rd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Plelan is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Plelan reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,328,454. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 46 percent reside, Brittany, where 32 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 20 percent reside. Other than France this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Plelan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plelan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Plelan surname decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plelan Last Name Statistics demography

Plelan earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 192.11% more than the national average, earning $126,042 USD per year.

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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 Plelan
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