Pleckens Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Pleckens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pleckens 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
Latvia131:157,69620,118
France11:66,422,722504,397

Pleckens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pleckens is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleckens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pleckens reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Pleckens is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 157,696. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 85 percent reside, Latgale, where 8 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Latvia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plckens932/
Pleckins8825/
Plikens803/
Pilkens802/
Pelkens801/
Poelkens756/
Pilkins67177/
Plakins6710/
Placēns671/
Plikins671/
Pelkins670/
Plitkins6318/
Philkins631/
Pliķēns531/
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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 Pleckens
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