Planken Surname

333,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Estonia

Planken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Planken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5731:29,4724,862
Germany3721:216,41324,397
Estonia461:28,7355,267
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Australia321:843,61652,533
England161:3,482,379114,324
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Planken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Planken is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Planken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 333,223rd most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,571,277 people. The surname Planken occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Planken reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 29,472. In The Netherlands Planken is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 56 percent live, North Holland, where 11 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent live and Estonia, where 4 percent live.

Planken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Planken surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.

The amount Planken earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 270.03% more than the national average, earning R 879,336 per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plancken9321/
Plankienė886/
Plankin86244/
Plankyn8625/
Plonken861/
Plankina80373/
Plankyna8028/
Plongkoen752/
Platenkin751/
Plenkin71821/
Plenkyn7179/
Plonkin712/
Plattenkin711/
Plonkyn711/
Plyonkin67410/
Planchin6784/
Plonkina6718/
Pliancin676/
Pliankim671/
Plyonkina63306/
Plotinkin6313/
Pillanchin5929/
Plyamkin533/

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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 Planken
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