Pflüger is a German occupational surname meaning plowman or tillerman. Spelling variations of this family name include: Pfluger, Pflueger, Fluger, Pleumann, and Plemmons, among others.

Notable people with the surname include:

August Pfluger (born 1978), American military officer and politician Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (1829–1910), German physiologist Friedbert Pflüger (born 1955), German politician Tobias Pflüger (born 1965), German politician

See also Plowman Pflueger Pflugerville, Texas, city, United States