Plankin Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Plankin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plankin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2351:613,29053,852
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Plankin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plankin (Russian: Планкин) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plankin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plankin is the 1,032,007th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Plankin live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 80 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 613,290. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Mordovia Republic, where 22 percent reside, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 18 percent reside and Moscow, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Russia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent reside and Belarus, where 1 percent reside.

Plankin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plankin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plankin last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plankin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (95%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Plankin last name are 4.84% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 51.61% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plankina93373/
Plankienė886/
Platenkin881/
Planken861,109/
Plenkin86821/
Plankyn8625/
Plonkin862/
Plattenkin821/
Plyonkin80410/
Planchin8084/
Plankyna8028/
Plancken8021/
Plonkina8018/
Pliancin806/
Plyamkin803/
Pliankim801/
Plyonkina75306/
Plotinkin7513/
Plenkyn7179/
Pillanchin7129/
Plonkyn711/
Plonken711/
Plongkoen632/

Plankin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plankin in the Russian language
Планкинplankin-

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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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  • 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 Plankin
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