Ploeg Surname
Approximately 3,446 people bear this surname
Ploeg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,818 | 1:5,993 | 656 |
| United States | 331 | 1:1,095,042 | 79,381 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| New Zealand | 49 | 1:92,415 | 12,718 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Ploeg (105) may also be a first name.
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Ploeg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ploeg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ploeg is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ploeg? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ploeg is the 131,213th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,114,784 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Ploeg reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Ploeg is also the 920,134th most common given name throughout the world, held by 105 people.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,818 people, or 1 in 5,993. In The Netherlands Ploeg is most common in: South Holland, where 18 percent are found, Gelderland, where 17 percent are found and North Holland, where 12 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands Ploeg exists in 28 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Ploeg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ploeg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ploeg last name grew 5,517 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ploeg Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ploeg surname are 40.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 87.65% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ploeg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 124.66% more than the national average, earning R 533,880 per year; in United States they earn 1.55% less than the national average, earning $42,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.73% more than the national average, earning $59,981 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ploegh | 91 | 92 | / |
| Ploueg | 91 | 1 | / |
| Plog | 89 | 1,349 | / |
| Pleg | 89 | 0 | / |
| Ploug | 80 | 1,346 | / |
| Ploog | 80 | 1,327 | / |
| Plogh | 80 | 18 | / |
| Plieg | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pfleg | 80 | 3 | / |
| Plogg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pleog | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pflog | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pleig | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ploek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plueg | 80 | 0 | / |
| Plegh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Plough | 73 | 943 | / |
| Pelleg | 73 | 95 | / |
| Pellog | 73 | 50 | / |
| Pflueg | 73 | 27 | / |
| Ploigt | 73 | 22 | / |
| Pleugh | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pillog | 73 | 2 | / |
| Phloek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pilleg | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phlegh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pfleeg | 73 | 0 | / |
| Plug | 67 | 1,277 | / |
| Ploc | 67 | 250 | / |
| Plok | 67 | 67 | / |
| Plek | 67 | 25 | / |
| Plowiec | 67 | 19 | / |
| Plüg | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pleq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plouzke | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ploeg
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