Pfluger surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pfluger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 751 people carried this name — #30,946 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 712 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

358 people named Pfluger live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Solothurn 85
Zurich 67
Bern 41
Basel-Landschaft 39
Aargau 36
St. Gallen 22
Thurgau 18
Basel-Stadt 14

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 82 people named Pfluger live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 69
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Pfluger.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Haut-Rhin 15
Paris 11
Vosges 4
Yvelines 4
Oise 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Marne 2
Haute-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Pfluger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josef Pfluger
    Josef Pfluger 1857–1929 · Catholic priest
  • Friedrich Pfluger 1772–1848 · Catholic monk
  • Niklaus Pfluger 1799–1854 · politician
  • Joseph Pfluger 1819–1894 · teacher
  • Polydore Pfluger 1846–1912 · writer
  • Moritz Pfluger 1870–1937 · entomologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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