Plüss Surname
Approximately 2,715 people bear this surname
Plüss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2,677 | 1:3,068 | 398 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Pluss (578) & Plűss (1) are calculated separately.
Plüss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plüss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plüss occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pluss or Plűss. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Plüss? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 160,554th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,684,179 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plüss live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is borne by 2,677 people, or 1 in 3,068. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Aargau, where 34 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 15 percent are found and Canton of Bern, where 14 percent are found. Other than Switzerland Plüss occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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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- 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 Plüss
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