Plessy Surname

414,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Plessy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plessy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France6701:99,13814,509
United States731:4,965,191254,179
Haiti491:218,0398,036
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Belgium131:884,35769,774
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Plessy (39) may also be a first name.

Plessy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plessy (Arabic: بليسي) is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plessy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 414,183rd most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,665,334 people. The last name Plessy is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Plessy live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Plessy is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 39 people.

This surname is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 670 people, or 1 in 99,138. In France Plessy is most common in: Grand Est, where 21 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 13 percent live. Excluding France this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and Haiti, where 6 percent live.

Plessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Plessy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Plessy last name expanded 384 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plessy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Plessy are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.92% registered with the political party.

Plessy earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.69% more than the national average, earning $52,078 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plessey9210/
Plesy911/
Plesse83829/
Plessa83716/
Plessi83353/
Plesis8386/
Plassy8375/
Pleses832/
Pletsy831/
Plescy831/
Plessis775,551/
Plesser77647/
Plassey77224/
Plessie77219/
Plesset77100/
Plaissy7775/
Plissey7748/
Plossay7721/
Pletsis7718/
Pleisse7715/
Plesseu7713/
Pellesy7711/
Pletsys7710/
Pleasay774/
Ploessi773/
Plesses772/
Pleases772/
Pleshiy771/
Plassay771/
Plessed771/
Plesiss771/
Pleesis771/
Pleasey770/
Plesa737,359/
Plese73824/
Pylsy73176/
Pelsy73126/
Plecy7325/
Plasy7323/
Pilsy733/
Plosy731/
Pflesser7140/
Plessett7120/
Plaissay7110/
Pellassy714/
Pleusseu714/
Pleisser714/
Pleiseis711/
Pillesis711/
Pölhőssy711/
Plessets710/
Plasse673,806/
Plesea671,350/
Plesha671,080/
Plecis67203/
Plassi67186/
Pelsis67132/
Pleshe67118/
Pelsey6780/
Please6763/
Plesce6753/
Plesscher6748/
Pleuse6744/
Pleisa6743/
Plechy6736/
Plesie6733/
Plossi6729/
Pleser6724/
Plysis6717/
Plisis6716/
Plosay6714/
Pleise6712/
Plasay6711/
Pleces6711/
Pleesi678/
Ploese677/
Plissi677/
Pleasa676/
Plisse675/
Plezes675/
Ploysy675/
Pillsy673/
Plosse673/
Plaisy673/
Pleese672/
Pleisi672/
Pleyzy672/
Pellissey671/
Plehse671/
Pleshi671/
Pliesi671/
Plosey671/
Plsser671/
Plissa671/
Plissé671/
Pletsi671/
Plyssi671/
Pleshchey671/
Plesér671/
Plezis671/
Ploesi671/
Plasey670/
Pelcey670/
Pilges670/
Pelsoy670/
Pilsey670/

Plessy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plessy in the Arabic language
بليسيblysy-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plessy
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