Pliester Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pliester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pliester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1371:587,63147,553
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Pliester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pliester is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pliester? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pliester is the 1,144,405th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Pliester are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Pliester is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 587,631. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Bremen, where 9 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Pliester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pliester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pliester surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pliester Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pliester last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Pliester earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.21% less than the national average, earning $29,250 USD per year.

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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 Pliester
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