Pluygers Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pluygers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pluygers 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
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Pluygers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pluygers is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pluygers.

How Common Is The Last Name Pluygers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pluygers is the 2,506,728th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Pluygers reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 383,799. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Overijssel, where 25 percent reside, Utrecht, where 25 percent reside and Zeeland, where 23 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 12 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.

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
Plugers93200/
Pleugers8852/
Pluigers8812/
Pluggers881/
Pluijgers82149/
Plegers802/
Ploegers756/
Plaggers751/
Plezers673/
Pleijers6394/

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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 Pluygers
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