Plooi Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Plooi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plooi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Plooi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plooi is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plooi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Plooi is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Plooi are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,125,812. In The Netherlands Plooi is most frequent in: Friesland, where 47 percent reside, Utrecht, where 47 percent reside and Drenthe, where 7 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plooij91370/
Plohoi9164/
Ploei8030/
Plohi801/
Plooijer7795/
Plohih7361/
Plohoj7319/
Plouis7314/
Plooet731/
Plooey731/
Pellouois7121/
Ploe67169/
Ploé6710/
Plohihs679/
Plooher671/

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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 Plooi
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