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 found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Plois click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plois? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Plois is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Plois live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 94 percent reside, Hamburg, where 3 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent reside. Other than Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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 contracted 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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