Ploumistos Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Ploumistos Surname User-submission:

The Ploumistos surname means 'colorful' in Greek language.

Ploumistos Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2271:48,8108,012
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ploumistos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Ploumistos surname means 'colorful' in Greek language.

- yatsu
DNA test information

Ploumistos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ploumistos is found most in Greece. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ploumistos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,067,497th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ploumistos live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 48,810. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 70 percent live, Thessaly, where 18 percent live and South Aegean, where 8 percent live. Beside Greece Ploumistos occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ploumistou9074/
Plumisto8916/
Plumita711/
Polumesyats676/
Plamiotto631/
Palmaests631/
Blom-Stas631/
Plamita591/
Plumettaz53119/
Pillamitta503/

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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 Ploumistos
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