Plepis Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Plepis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plepis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia881:23,2963,526
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Lithuania251:121,38414,277
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Plēpis (2) are calculated separately.

Plepis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plepis (Russian: Плепис) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Plēpis. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plepis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plepis is the 1,353,468th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Plepis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Plepis live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Plepis is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 23,296. In Latvia Plepis is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 76 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 23 percent live and Latgale, where 1 percent live. Besides Latvia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 21 percent live and Lithuania, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plēpis942/
Plepi91617/
Plepys8371/
Plapis8344/
Bplpis831/
Pilpis831/
Phlepi831/
Philpis774/
Pillpis771/
Phelpis770/
Plepe7372/
Plipi732/
Plepa732/
Plpit731/
Phillpis7115/
Pillepich6770/
Plopes6728/
Plepaj6718/
Phlippies675/
Pleper673/
Pelpys671/
Plpees671/
Plapes671/
Phlppi671/

Plepis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plepis in the Russian language
Плеписplepis-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plepis
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis