Plygan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Moldova

Plygan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Plygan 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
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103

Plygan Last Name Facts

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

Plygan (Russian: Плыгань) occurs in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plygan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Plygan reside; 60 percent reside in North Asia and 60 percent reside in Slavic North Asia.

The surname Plygan is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Khabarovsk Krai, where 63 percent live, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 13 percent live and Pskov Oblast, where 13 percent live. Not including Russia Plygan exists in one country. It also occurs in Moldova, where 20 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
Plegan831/
Ploygam773/
Pelligan710/
Pelligand67131/
Pliganova6713/
Pillegand6710/
Pleganova673/
Pligon671/
Plegone621/
Phlegon621/
Plaigam621/
Plenngon571/
Pflegham570/
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Plygan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plygan in the Russian language
Плыганьplygan-

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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 Plygan
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