Pling Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Pling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia251:619,4864,539
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pling (80) may also be a first name.

Pling Last Name Facts

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

Pling has its highest incidence in Cambodia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pling? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pling is the 3,730,171st most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Pling occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Pling live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Pling is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 80 people.

It is most prevalent in Cambodia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 619,486. In Cambodia it is most prevalent in: Ratanakiri Province, where 76 percent live, Steung Treng Province, where 16 percent live and Banteay Meanchey Province, where 4 percent live. Other than Cambodia Pling exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Pling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pling last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phling9123/
Pgling911/
Pfling910/
Plin89154/
Plng896/
Pilling837,819/
Pelling832,761/
Pölling83160/
Pigling836/
Pälling831/
Plint80341/
Plink80246/
Plion80221/
Phlin80191/
Plien8082/
Pleng8061/
Plina8056/
Plyng8014/
Pluin806/
Plinc802/
Plinn802/
Phlng801/
Plihn800/
Pillings7771/
Poelling7735/
Pillinng773/
Pellings772/
Peelling771/
Pfelling771/
Pln75449/
Pellin733,263/
Plinke73734/
Pillin73231/
Phlyng73189/
Plinck7383/
Pällin7331/
Phleng7328/
Peglin7311/
Påhlin738/
Ploeng735/
Plinks734/
Plengp733/
Piglin732/
Plaeng731/
Pfleng731/
Pillion67960/
Pelleng67515/
Pellion67433/
Plen67317/
Pillien67239/
Pellina67205/
Pellien67183/
Phlaeng67141/
Plim6798/
Plön6787/
Plyn6782/
Plän6737/
Pellink679/
Pillingová679/
Plincke676/
Pillina674/
Piln673/
Plnt673/
Poehlng672/
Plnh672/
Phln672/
Peln672/
Phloeng672/
Plinova671/
Pelluin671/
Pløn671/
Piollin671/
Plne671/
Pyln671/
Pfellin670/
Puillin670/
Piellng670/

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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 Pling
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