Find out how popular the last name Pflueger is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pflueger.

Pflueger, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pflueger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pflueger in America

Pflueger is the 23750th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pflueger surname appeared 1,065 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pflueger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pflueger to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pflueger

The surname Pflueger originated in Germany, with its earliest records dating back to the 13th century. It is derived from the German word "pflügen," which means "to plow" or "to cultivate the land." The name was likely given to someone whose occupation was plowing fields or cultivating crops.

Pflueger is considered an occupational surname, a common practice during the Middle Ages when surnames were adopted to distinguish individuals by their trade or profession. The name was prevalent in various regions of Germany, particularly in areas with strong agricultural traditions.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Pflueger can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, a collection of historical documents from the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which mentions a "Heinrich Pflueger" in the year 1288.

In the 14th century, the name appeared in the Reichsstädtische Bürgerbücher, a register of citizens in the imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire, with entries for individuals named "Johann Pflueger" and "Konrad Pflueger" in the city of Nuremberg.

During the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the Pflueger surname was Valentin Pflueger (1510-1589), a German Protestant theologian and reformer who played a significant role in the Reformation movement in Saxony.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Johann Georg Pflueger (1712-1782), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor of law at the University of Göttingen.

In the 19th century, Friedrich Pflueger (1805-1876) was a German architect and urban planner who contributed to the design and development of several cities in Germany, including Cologne and Berlin.

Moving into the 20th century, Ernst Pflueger (1892-1953) was a German-American architect known for his Art Deco and Streamline Moderne designs, particularly in San Francisco, where he designed notable buildings such as the Castro Theatre and the Mother's Building at the California Pacific International Exposition.

While the surname Pflueger has its roots in Germany, it has spread to other parts of the world through immigration and has been adopted by individuals of various nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pflueger

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pflueger.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pflueger was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pflueger has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pflueger was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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