Plenkers Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plenkers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plenkers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1351:596,33748,011
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Plenkers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plenkers is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plenkers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plenkers is the 1,276,805th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Plenkers are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Plenkers is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 596,337. In Germany Plenkers is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Bavaria, where 3 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Hungary, where 4 percent are found.

Plenkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Plenkers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plenkers surname grew 471 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plenkers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plenkers last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.

Plenkers earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.76% more than the national average, earning $48,223 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plenckers9415/
Blenkers88326/
Plankers88133/
Plänkers8852/
Blenckers82100/
Blankers751,196/
Blonkers7518/
Blinkers759/
Balnkers751/
Pluijnakers741/
Blanckers7115/
Pelengaris6756/
Pelencares675/

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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 Plenkers
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