Plieger Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Plieger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 299 | 1:56,479 | 9,705 |
| Austria | 48 | 1:177,405 | 22,887 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Plieger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plieger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Plieger is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plieger? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 670,508th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Plieger reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Plieger is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 56,479. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 24 percent reside, Gelderland, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 11 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.
Plieger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Plieger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Plieger last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Plieger
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