Plantegenet Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Plantegenet Surname User-submission:

The surname Plantegenet refers to the Plantegenet Dynasty, who ruled England until 1402. The line goes as so:.

Geoffrey Ferreol De Chateau-Landon de Macon (Father of the Plantegenet Dynasty)- 1000-1046.

Fulk IV Anjou (Founder of the Plantegenet Dynasty) 1043-1109.

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Plantegenet Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1721:386,17957,106
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Plantegenet Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Plantegenet refers to the Plantegenet Dynasty, who ruled England until 1402. The line goes as so:.

Geoffrey Ferreol De Chateau-Landon de Macon (Father of the Plantegenet Dynasty)- 1000-1046.

Fulk IV Anjou (Founder of the Plantegenet Dynasty) 1043-1109.

Folque V 1092-1144.

Count Geoffrey V d'Anjou 1113-1151.

Henry II 1133-1189.

John 1166-1216.

Henry III 1207-1272.

Edward I 'Longshanks' (quelled the Scottish rebellion) 1239-1307.

Edward II 1284-1327.

Edward III 1312-1377.

Edmund (Last Plantegenet) 1341-1402.

This surname is a predecessor of the surname Yorke, which comes from the grandson of Edmund, who was the first Duke of York.

- mrgenealogy2007
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Plantegenet Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plantegenet is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plantegenet? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,218,745th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Plantegenet live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Plantegenet is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 386,179. In France Plantegenet is most frequent in: Grand Est, where 89 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 5 percent reside and Normandy, where 2 percent reside. Aside from France this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 8 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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