Pflüger
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname für den Pflugherseller bzw
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/pflyːɡɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pflüger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 312Kas Pflueger
- CHSwitzerland1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pflüger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 206 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,200 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Pflueger in US United States, IT Italy, BB Barbados and Pfluger in CH Switzerland, AT Austria, ML Mali.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Berufsname für den Pflugherseller bzw. indirekt für einen Bauern zu mhd. phluoc, mnd. plôch/plûch 'Pflug'; 5639 Belege. Zeigt p/pf/ff-Variation im Pflug-Namensfeld.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Pflüger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Pflüger | 79 |
| US United States | — | 1,065as Pflueger | 1 in 312K | 1.1K | Pflueger | 206 |
| ML Mali | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Pfluger | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 258 | 1 in 33K | 258 | Pfluger | 27 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 330K | — | Pflueger | 4 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Pfluger | 22 |
| BB Barbados | #488 | — | — | — | Pflueger | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Pflüger is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname: Pflüger, Ackerbauer/Pflugführer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Pflüger, jemand der pflügt.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Conrad Pflügerb. 1477DEGerman architect
- Eduard Pflügerb. 1823DEGerman physiologist (1823–1910)
- Markus Pflügerb. 1824DEGerman politician (1824-1907)
- Georg Pflügerb. 1835DEGerman politician and merchant (1835-1896)
- Albert Pflügerb. 1879DEGerman politician (1879-1965)
- Heinrich Pflügerb. 1908DEGerman politician
- Friedbert Pflügerb. 1955DEGerman politician
- Andreas Pflügerb. 1957DEGerman screenwriter and author
- Tobias Pflügerb. 1965DEGerman peace researcher and politician
- Gudrun Pflügerb. 1972ATAustrian athletics competitor (1972–2023)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 104 | #10,728 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Pflüger?
- A machine transcription gives /pflyːɡɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Pflüger mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname für den Pflugherseller bzw.
- In which country does Pflüger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Pflüger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pflüger.
- How common is the name Pflüger?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 258 people named Pflüger in 2024, about 1 in 33 thousand residents.
- How common is Pflüger compared with other names?
- In Barbados, Pflüger is the 488th most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pflüger” — the 488th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.