Pleym Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Pleym Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pleym Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1991:25,8413,488
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pleym Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pleym (Russian: Плейм) is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleym? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 993,593rd most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname Pleym occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Pleym are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most numerous in Norway, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 25,841. In Norway it is primarily found in: Northern Norway, where 45 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 39 percent reside and Western Norway, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Norway it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 9 percent reside and Scotland, where 5 percent reside.

Pleym Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pleym earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.2% less than the national average, earning 328,078 kr per year and in Canada they earn 20.83% more than the national average, earning $60,032 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleyam911/
Plym89384/
Plem89231/
Plessym831/
Pluym80988/
Ploem80246/
Pliem80137/
Pleim80111/
Phlym8072/
Plyhm8066/
Pleyn8054/
Plyam8047/
Pluem8047/
Plehm8026/
Pleme8012/
Pleam8010/
Plyem808/
Plyme803/
Phlem803/
Pleem803/
Plymh803/
Pleum802/
Playm801/
Pllem801/
Plemm801/
Pflem800/
Pillem73614/
Pletyn73444/
Pellem73187/
Pleyan7332/
Plesyn7318/
Phlyam7316/
Pletme7315/
Phloem737/
Plehyn733/
Pellym732/
Pleyon731/
Phleem731/
Phleum731/
Playam731/
Ploehm731/
Plytim731/
Platem731/
Plyamm731/
Playme731/
Pleyne731/
Plesim731/
Plehme730/
Plam67509/
Plen67317/
Pleń67119/
Plim6798/
Plechyn6760/
Pflyaum6760/
Pleutim6747/
Plessim6740/
Plecyng6727/
Plessem675/
Pilleem674/
Ployiem672/
Placemt672/
Pilleam671/
Plehyna671/
Plattem671/
Pleitim671/
Plyasim671/
P'Pluem671/
Pilliem671/
Pelleme671/
Pelleam670/

Pleym Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pleym in the Russian language
Плеймplejm-

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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 Pleym
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