Ploerer Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Ploerer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ploerer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Austria101:851,54467,454
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ploerer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ploerer has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ploerer? popularity and diffusion

Ploerer is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Ploerer are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 684,410. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Zürich, where 92 percent are found and Canton of Bern, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Switzerland Ploerer occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 40 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.

Ploerer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ploerer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ploerer last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plorer9211/
Plearer860/
Plereher800/
Plörer77179/
Pellerier757/
Pelleerer751/
Phloetrit634/
Pillarear631/
Plaera625/
Plarier571/
Plaeysri531/
Plaetrich5026/
Pillahera501/

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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 Ploerer
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