Plehnert Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Plehnert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plehnert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Plehnert Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plehnert is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plehnert? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,776,799th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Plehnert occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Plehnert reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany Plehnert is mostly concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 33 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent reside and Hamburg, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 2 percent reside.

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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
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