van Pletzen Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
van Pletzen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,104 | 1:49,074 | 6,238 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
van Pletzen Demographics
Average van Pletzen Salary in
South Africa
R 434,520
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
van Pletzen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Pletzen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Pletzen is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Pletzen? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Pletzen is the 328,558th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,454,868 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of van Pletzen reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
van Pletzen is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,104 people, or 1 in 49,074. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 29 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent reside and Free State, where 16 percent reside. Excluding South Africa van Pletzen is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
van Pletzen Last Name Statistics demography
van Pletzen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.85% more than the national average, earning R 434,520 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanpletzen | 95 | 6 | / |
| van Pletsen | 91 | 213 | / |
| van Pleizen | 91 | 1 | / |
| von Pletzen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Vanpletsen | 86 | 21 | / |
| van Pellecon | 70 | 5 | / |
| van Poelje-Thissen | 69 | 1 | / |
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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 van Pletzen
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