Plough Surname

378,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 943 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Plough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8691:417,09936,198
England241:2,321,58686,519
Denmark111:513,15632,022
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
China21:683,660,78330,601
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3121:160,95714,692

Plough (12) may also be a first name.

Plough Last Name Facts

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

Plough is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plough? popularity and diffusion

Plough is the 378,680th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,728,044 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Plough reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 12 people.

Plough is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 869 people, or 1 in 417,099. In The United States Plough is most common in: California, where 18 percent reside, Indiana, where 11 percent reside and Michigan, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Plough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plough has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plough last name increased 279 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plough Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plough surname are 16.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.78% being registered with the party.

The amount Plough earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 221.99% more than the national average, earning R 765,168 per year; in United States they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $44,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.7% more than the national average, earning $53,510 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ploug911,346/
Plogh9118/
Plugh9117/
Pflugh83419/
Ploegh8392/
Plaugh8322/
Pleugh8310/
Ploueg831/
Phlugh830/
Plog801,349/
Plug801,277/
Pleaugh7747/
Pflug737,210/
Ploeg733,446/
Ploog731,327/
Ploux73253/
Plohg7362/
Plaug7329/
Plagh738/
Plugg737/
Plouc734/
Plukh733/
Pluug731/
Pleog731/
Plogg731/
Plogt731/
Plu'g731/
Plugs731/
Pluig731/
Phlug731/
Pflog731/
Plouk730/
Plueg730/
Pflogsch7113/
Pllogsch711/
Plyukh67141/
Pellog6750/
Pflyug6746/
Plouck6739/
Plochg6737/
Pflugk6729/
Pflueg6727/
Ploigt6722/
Plaukh677/
Pluksh675/
Plogås674/
Pillog672/
Pfluhg672/
Plogue671/
Pflugg671/
Ploogt670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Plough
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis