Plugar Surname

431,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Plugar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plugar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3351:59,9347,264
Transnistria2131:2,229306
Russia1661:868,21169,731
Moldova741:48,1277,050
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Plugar Last Name Facts

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

Plugar (Russian: Плугарь) is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plugar? popularity and diffusion

Plugar is the 431,117th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,120,833 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Plugar live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 51 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 59,934. In Romania Plugar is primarily concentrated in: Alba County, where 39 percent are found, Hunedoara County, where 36 percent are found and Bihor County, where 13 percent are found. Other than Romania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Transnistria, where 27 percent are found and Russia, where 21 percent are found.

Plugar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Plugar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plugar last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plugar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (87%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plugard9210/
Pflugar920/
Pflugard865/
Ploughar861/
Plugor83133/
Plogar8311/
Plugarova8021/
Pflugardt8015/
Phligar770/
Pflugor770/
Ploegar770/
Plousgaard751/
Pilligor576/

Plugar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plugar in the Russian language
Плугарьplugar-

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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
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  • 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 Plugar
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