Plewis Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Plewis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plewis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada741:497,91342,460
England251:2,228,72284,230
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Plewis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plewis is carried by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plewis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,817,111th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Plewis live; 74 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 497,913. In Canada Plewis is most prevalent in: Alberta, where 57 percent are found, British Columbia, where 27 percent are found and Ontario, where 12 percent are found. Besides Canada Plewis exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Plewis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plewis has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Plewis last name grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plewis Last Name Statistics demography

Plewis earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning $49,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plieweis8631/
Plewes83709/
Plewys832/
Plevis831/
Pliewisch802/
Plieweiss801/
Pluis73589/
Plues73213/
Plwes731/
Pleyhuis7111/
Pillweis714/
Pleiwess712/
Plieweiß711/
Plawisch711/
Plveisse710/
Pluess67225/
Plowes67133/
Pleijhuis6750/
Plavis6746/
Pluese6726/
Plawes6724/
Pleiveisz6719/
Pleibeisz679/
Pelvis677/
Pilves674/
Pillweiss672/
Ploves672/
Pilwes672/
Pluish671/
Pelves671/
Ploues671/
Plibes671/
Plebes671/
Pluise670/
Pluiss670/

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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 Plewis
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