Plains Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Plains Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plains Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States931:3,897,408212,857
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Plains (22) may also be a first name.

Plains Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plains is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plains? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Plains live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 22 people.

Plains is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 3,897,408. In The United States Plains is most common in: California, where 32 percent are found, Arizona, where 16 percent are found and Louisiana, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States Plains exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

Plains Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Plains has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plains last name expanded 1,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plains Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plains last name are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.78% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Placins928/
Plainse927/
Platins925/
Plasins922/
Plans911,187/
Plassins865/
Pleins8378/
Planås834/
Pliens833/
Phlans831/
Plainz831/
Placinsch8020/
Pillans77479/
Placens777/
Plitins771/
Playens771/
Pellans770/
Plachinsce751/
Planz731,054/
Plens731,004/
Plams7315/
Pillians715/
Plansowa714/
Plaiance712/
Pillaims711/
Pleutins711/
Ploggins710/
Pflanz672,021/
Plance67231/
Planje67196/
Planch6729/
Pluens6711/
Ploens677/
Plehns677/
Plamse675/
Plamss672/
Plense672/
Plaisence672/
Pluiggins671/
Phlanz671/
Plaaisnce671/
Platnz671/
Plam's671/
Pluims671/
Plianz671/
Plenss670/
Pleims670/
Planze670/

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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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