Plechun Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Plechun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plechun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2571:177,13124,282
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Plechun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plechun (Russian: Плечун) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Plechun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plechun? popularity and diffusion

Plechun is the 889,654th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Plechun reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most common in Ukraine, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 177,131. In Ukraine Plechun is most common in: Zaporizhia Oblast, where 79 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 6 percent are found and Kirovohrad Oblast, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Plechun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Plechun surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 33.33% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleschun9310/
Pleshchun8810/
Plekhun86243/
Plechon8611/
Pylchun868/
Plychun864/
Plichun864/
Plezhun861/
Pleczun861/
Pilchun861/
Plcun831/
Pleekhun804/
Pilchunk801/
Pleschunova783/
Plesun7730/
Plidschun7510/
Plichon71751/
Plykhun7129/
Plikhun7111/
Plychum719/
Pelchon714/
Pleshunova714/
Pleciuń711/
Pilkhun711/
Pilchum711/
Plesung711/
Plaichum67113/
Playchum6722/
Ploychum676/
Pellecon671/
Ploichum671/
Pluychum671/
Philkhun671/
Phlychum671/
Pleasunt670/

Plechun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plechun in the Russian language
Плечунplecun-

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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 Plechun
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