Plühm Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Plühm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Plühm 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
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

The alternate forms: Pluhm (61) are calculated separately.

Plühm Last Name Facts

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

Plühm is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Pluhm. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plühm? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plühm is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plühm are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,406,680. In Sweden Plühm is most numerous in: Skåne County, where 57 percent reside, Jönköping County, where 29 percent reside and Gävleborg County, where 14 percent reside. Besides Sweden this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 22 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
Pluhm9361/
Plüm89115/
Plüme801/
Püllüm7313/
Ploehm731/
Pluhme731/
Plum6711,137/
Plom67223/
Pellhum6737/
Pellhom670/
Pillhom670/
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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 Plühm
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