Plósz Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Plósz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plósz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3141:31,2623,420
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Plosz (115) are calculated separately.

Plósz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plósz is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Plosz. For other potential spellings of Plósz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plósz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 857,026th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plósz are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 31,262. In Hungary it is primarily concentrated in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 37 percent are found, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 27 percent are found and Heves County, where 25 percent are found. Not including Hungary it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plosz93115/
Plasz8040/
Pliusz734/
Ploesz730/
Plas675,290/
Plaz671,436/
Plos671,239/
Plus67790/
Pluz672/
Ploz671/
Plás671/

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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 Plósz
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