Plourde Surname

32,902nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Plourde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plourde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada10,2981:3,578465
United States5,5181:65,6877,664
France1951:340,62951,332
Australia511:529,32739,816
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Scotland61:892,30328,047
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Plourde (15) may also be a first name.

Plourde Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plourde has its highest incidence in Canada. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Plourde click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plourde? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 32,902nd most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 451,353 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Plourde are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Gallo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most widespread in Canada, where it is carried by 10,298 people, or 1 in 3,578. In Canada it is most frequent in: Quebec, where 77 percent live, New Brunswick, where 11 percent live and Ontario, where 9 percent live. Other than Canada this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Plourde Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plourde has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Plourde last name grew 22,992 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plourde Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plourde last name are 4.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.2% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Plourde earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.82% more than the national average, earning $45,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.2% less than the national average, earning $40,639 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plourdes938/
Plourder931/
Plorde9211/
Plurde921/
Ploorde863/
Plaurde863/
Pluorde862/
Plourda861/
Plardes713/
Pellarde6723/
Pillarde6720/
Plarda621/
Plardy621/
Pillarda53518/
Pellardy5382/
Pellarda5339/
Pillardy5316/
Pellardi532/
Pellardis501/
Pilllarda501/
Pilliardi501/
Pilliarda501/
Pelliarda501/

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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
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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 Plourde
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