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 borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pliester? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,144,405th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. Pliester is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Pliester live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pliester is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 587,631. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live and Bremen, where 9 percent live. Outside of Germany Pliester is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Pliester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pliester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pliester surname rose 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% being 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
  • 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 Pliester
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