Plyler
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Frequency: (1137)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Americanized spelling of South German Pleuler, a variant of Bleiler (of which this could also be a respelling), an agent derivative from Middle High German bliuwel ‘pounding mill’. Compare Pliler.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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