Plessius Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Plessius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Plessius Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1821:92,78715,250
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Australia41:6,748,925181,100

Plessius Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plessius occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plessius? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,210,518th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. Plessius occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Plessius live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Plessius is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 92,787. In The Netherlands Plessius is mostly found in: North Holland, where 40 percent live, South Holland, where 18 percent live and Limburg, where 18 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plesius937/
Plassius881/
Plesiu8670/
Plesoiu80241/
Plasius802/
Plezius801/
Plaisius7588/
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Pilsiu714/
Pleşoiu6767/
Pilsoiu6751/
Plisiuc678/
Peldžius6342/
Pellzius631/
Plichyus631/
Pîlşoiu531/
Plicieux502/
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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
  • 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 Plessius
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