Plancken Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Plancken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plancken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559

Plancken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plancken is most common in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plancken? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plancken is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Plancken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plancken reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 888,799. In The Netherlands Plancken is primarily found in: South Holland, where 74 percent reside and Utrecht, where 26 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Planken931,109/
Plankienė826/
Plankin80244/
Plankyn8025/
Plonken801/
Plankina75373/
Planchin7584/
Plankyna7528/
Pliancin756/
Plongkoen712/
Pillanchin6729/
Plonkin672/
Plonkyn671/
Plyonkin63410/
Pliankim631/
Plotinkin5913/
Platenkin591/
Plattenkin561/
Plenkin53821/
Plenkyn5379/
Plyamkin503/

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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
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  • 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 Plancken
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