Plooy Surname

498,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Plooy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plooy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2481:218,45822,930
Netherlands1851:91,28215,011
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Australia281:964,13257,058
Israel161:534,85239,210
England91:6,190,895170,599
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Plooy (42) may also be a first name.

Plooy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plooy (Russian: Плоой) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plooy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 498,439th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,025,032 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 39 percent of Plooy are found; 38 percent are found in Southern Africa and 38 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Plooy is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 42 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 218,458. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 57 percent are found, Western Cape, where 17 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in 19 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Plooy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plooy last name are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% registered with the party.

The amount Plooy earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.37% more than the national average, earning $51,077 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.23% more than the national average, earning $50,790 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ploy89190/
Ploo891/
Phloy80299/
Plouy80283/
Ploye80240/
Ploos80194/
Ploya80104/
Ployo8069/
Ploot8039/
Plojo8036/
Ployd8024/
Ployé808/
Plood801/
Phloo801/
Ployt801/
Ploop800/
Pleoy800/
Plo751,735/
Ply751,225/
Pilloy73405/
Plooij73370/
Ployez7382/
Pelloy7354/
Ployet7345/
Plojio7316/
Vploio731/
Phloot731/
Ployee731/
Pilloo731/
Ployed730/
Plot671,866/
Plop671,772/
Plos671,239/
Plou671,078/
Play67891/
Ploj67820/
Pley67788/
Ploh67381/
Ploe67169/
Pluy6778/
Plyh6749/
Phly6749/
Plye6747/
Ploč6736/
Ploi6731/
Phlo6723/
Pleo6721/
Pleejoo6717/
Plio679/
Plya679/
Plod678/
Plyy677/
Bplo674/
Ploa673/
Pluo673/
Pliy672/
Plyš672/
Pilloya671/
Ploz671/
Pluoiot671/
Plgo671/
P'Ly671/
Hplo671/
Pply671/
Plyo671/
Plyi671/
Plyd671/
Plhy671/

Plooy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plooy in the Russian language
Плоойplooj-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plooy
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