Plantinga Surname

203,556th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,044 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Plantinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plantinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,5881:10,6341,452
United States2341:1,548,970104,799
Canada1411:261,31624,674
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
France141:4,744,480251,814
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Plantinga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plantinga occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Plantinga.

How Common Is The Last Name Plantinga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 203,556th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,565,336 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Plantinga live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Plantinga is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,588 people, or 1 in 10,634. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Friesland, where 43 percent live, North Holland, where 14 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Other than The Netherlands Plantinga exists in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Plantinga Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plantinga last name are 2.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.11% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Plantinga earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.06% less than the national average, earning R 147,204 per year; in United States they earn 2.73% more than the national average, earning $44,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $51,939 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plantingga951/
Plantinnga951/
Plantina9416/
Plantenga89735/
Plantinah891/
Plantigna891/
Plantimga891/
Plantinger847/
Plantino8223/
Plantinos78317/
Pleintinger70138/
Plantenos671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plantinga
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