Plowy Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Plowy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plowy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium561:205,29726,724
France261:2,554,720189,486
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Plowy Last Name Facts

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

Plowy is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plowy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plowy is the 1,860,621st most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Plowy is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Plowy are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Plowy is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 205,297. In Belgium Plowy is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent live and Walloon Region, where 14 percent live. Besides Belgium this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Plowy Last Name Statistics demography

Plowy earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plowey9144/
Plouwy911/
Plowe80231/
Plovy8018/
Ploby806/
Pilloway771/
Plovyt7368/
Pluvoy734/
Plaway732/
Ploivy732/
Plouwa731/
Plewey731/
Ployvy731/
Plouwe731/
Pellowe67373/
Plasway6721/
Plauway670/

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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 Plowy
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