Plains Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Plains Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Plains (22) may also be a first name.
Plains Demographics
Average Plains Salary in
United States
$59,688 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Plains Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plains Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plains is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plains? popularity and diffusion
The surname Plains is the 1,806,862nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Plains are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Plains is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 3,897,408. In The United States Plains is most numerous in: California, where 32 percent live, Arizona, where 16 percent live and Louisiana, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Plains Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Plains has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plains surname increased 1,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Plains Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Plains last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the political party.
Plains earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.33% more than the national average, earning $59,688 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placins | 92 | 8 | / |
| Plainse | 92 | 7 | / |
| Platins | 92 | 5 | / |
| Plasins | 92 | 2 | / |
| Plans | 91 | 1,187 | / |
| Plassins | 86 | 5 | / |
| Pleins | 83 | 78 | / |
| Planås | 83 | 4 | / |
| Pliens | 83 | 3 | / |
| Phlans | 83 | 1 | / |
| Plainz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Placinsch | 80 | 20 | / |
| Pillans | 77 | 479 | / |
| Placens | 77 | 7 | / |
| Plitins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Playens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pellans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Plachinsce | 75 | 1 | / |
| Planz | 73 | 1,054 | / |
| Plens | 73 | 1,004 | / |
| Plams | 73 | 15 | / |
| Pillians | 71 | 5 | / |
| Plansowa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Plaiance | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pillaims | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pleutins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ploggins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pflanz | 67 | 2,021 | / |
| Plance | 67 | 231 | / |
| Planje | 67 | 196 | / |
| Planch | 67 | 29 | / |
| Pluens | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ploens | 67 | 7 | / |
| Plehns | 67 | 7 | / |
| Plamse | 67 | 5 | / |
| Plamss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plense | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plaisence | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pluiggins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phlanz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plaaisnce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Platnz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plam's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pluims | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plianz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plenss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pleims | 67 | 0 | / |
| Planze | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Plains
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