Ploužek Surname

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

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Ploužek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ploužek 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
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143

The alternate forms: Plouzek (137) are calculated separately.

Ploužek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ploužek is found most frequently in Czechia. It may be rendered as: Plouzek. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ploužek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ploužek is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Ploužek is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ploužek are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Ploužek is most frequently occurring in Czechia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 664,592. In Czechia Ploužek is mostly concentrated in: Prague, where 44 percent live, Plzeň Region, where 31 percent live and Central Bohemian Region, where 19 percent live. Not including Czechia Ploužek exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 11 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
Plouzek95137/
Plocek77809/
Pluzek7734/
Plucek7723/
Plosek777/
Plusek773/
Plozek772/
Plużek771/
Plauzek710/
Plusgeck672/

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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
  • 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 Ploužek
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