Pletzsch Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Pletzsch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Pletzsch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pletzsch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pletzsch is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pletzsch? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Pletzsch live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Pletzsch is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Pletzsch is mostly found in: Saxony, where 88 percent are found and Hesse, where 13 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Switzerland, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plietzsch | 94 | 117 | / |
| Plaetzsch | 94 | 2 | / |
| Pletsch | 93 | 3,144 | / |
| Plietsch | 88 | 82 | / |
| Plätzsch | 88 | 34 | / |
| Plestsch | 88 | 3 | / |
| Plötzsch | 88 | 1 | / |
| Platzsch | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pletsche | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pleitsch | 88 | 0 | / |
| Pletch | 86 | 239 | / |
| Pletsh | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pletsc | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pltsch | 86 | 1 | / |
| Platsch | 80 | 204 | / |
| Plitsch | 80 | 152 | / |
| Peltsch | 80 | 84 | / |
| Plotsch | 80 | 10 | / |
| Plestch | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pleitch | 80 | 2 | / |
| Piltsch | 80 | 2 | / |
| Plötsch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pletche | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pletz | 77 | 2,900 | / |
| Plech | 77 | 721 | / |
| Plets | 77 | 683 | / |
| Plezh | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pflitsch | 75 | 310 | / |
| Pflotsch | 75 | 8 | / |
| Plattsch | 75 | 0 | / |
| Peilzsch | 75 | 0 | / |
| Ploetz | 71 | 1,524 | / |
| Pletts | 71 | 188 | / |
| Piltch | 71 | 154 | / |
| Pleche | 71 | 133 | / |
| Pleitz | 71 | 110 | / |
| Plietz | 71 | 107 | / |
| Plaetz | 71 | 85 | / |
| Pöllitsch | 71 | 69 | / |
| Pleich | 71 | 56 | / |
| Pillatsch | 71 | 48 | / |
| Pleets | 71 | 39 | / |
| Pylets | 71 | 32 | / |
| Pillitsch | 71 | 31 | / |
| Pledts | 71 | 18 | / |
| Plitch | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pleach | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pleats | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pleech | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pletds | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pleotz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peltch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pleutz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plettz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Plitsh | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pleitez | 67 | 7,299 | / |
| Pleites | 67 | 1,193 | / |
| Plez | 67 | 627 | / |
| Plch | 67 | 605 | / |
| Plec | 67 | 199 | / |
| Pleytez | 67 | 180 | / |
| Pellech | 67 | 54 | / |
| Pelletz | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pleytes | 67 | 48 | / |
| Pillets | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pillhatsch | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poellitsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ploetzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleitze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleetes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plzs | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pletzsch
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