Plöger Surname

120,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plöger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plöger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,7941:21,2192,824
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

The alternate forms: Ploger (366) are calculated separately.

Plöger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plöger has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms: Ploger. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plöger? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 120,026th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,905,739 people. The surname Plöger occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plöger are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 3,794 people, or 1 in 21,219. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 58 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ploger94366/
Plögert9216/
Pflöger922/
Pleger831,562/
Plager83533/
Pläger8327/
Pléger8311/
Pfleger777,171/
Ploeger772,745/
Pleuger77518/
Plogger77309/
Pflager77219/
Phleger77128/
Plaeger7763/
Plogher7726/
Pfléger7720/
Pleoger779/
Phlager776/
Plegier771/
Pfläger771/
Pluiger771/
Plagger771/
Pleeger770/
Plegher770/
Plegger770/
Pfleeger71261/
Pfleuger71131/
Phleeger7121/
Pflegger716/
Pflaeger715/
Pilleger712/
Pillager711/
Pflleger711/
Ploegger711/
Pelleger711/
Pfluiger710/
Phlaeger710/
Phleuger710/
Phlegher710/
Pflegher710/
Plegir672/
Pellegier671/

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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 Plöger
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