Piltner Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Hungary

Piltner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piltner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Piltner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piltner Come From? nationality or country of origin

Piltner is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piltner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Piltner is the 4,649,889th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Piltner are found; 72 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 46 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pltner924/
Pöltner86139/
Peltner86130/
Pletner86107/
Plætner861/
Plettner80655/
Pelttner803/
Pletney711/
Pletnee710/
Pletnejs671/
Pletnjova5023/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Piltner
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