Plobst Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Plobst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plobst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Plöbst (160) are calculated separately.

Plobst Last Name Facts

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

Plobst has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as a variant: Plöbst. Click here for other possible spellings of Plobst.

How Common Is The Last Name Plobst? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Plobst reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany Plobst is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent live, Brandenburg, where 34 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plöbst94160/
Plabst83144/
Plebst8338/
Plovst8311/
Plobstová803/
Plovs735/
Plops732/
Plöpst6723/
Plapst6715/
Plepst6711/
Plopps674/
Plovsh670/
Phlops670/
Plehovs621/
Pellops621/
Pillovs621/
Plovz557/

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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 Plobst
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