Plainfield Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Plainfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plainfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

Plainfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plainfield is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plainfield? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Plainfield reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 8,237,703. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Oregon, where 39 percent are found, New York, where 18 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States Plainfield occurs in one country. It is also common in Nicaragua, where 2 percent are found.

Plainfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plainfield surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the party.

Plainfield earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.71% more than the national average, earning $47,339 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plainfield
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