Plois Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Plois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Plois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plois Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plois is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Plois? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Plois is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Plois reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany Plois is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 94 percent live, Hamburg, where 3 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Plois Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Plois has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Plois
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