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

Plechun (Russian: Плечун) is found in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plechun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 889,654th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Plechun are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Plechun is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 177,131. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Zaporizhia Oblast, where 79 percent reside, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 6 percent reside and Kirovohrad Oblast, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Plechun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Plechun surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national 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
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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 Plechun
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