Plenkner Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plenkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Plenkner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Plenkner Last Name Facts

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

Plenkner is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plenkner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plenkner is the 5,587,209th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plenkner live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Plenkner is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Plenkner is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent reside, Hesse, where 25 percent reside and Bavaria, where 8 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
Plencner88264/
Plinkner8812/
Plnkney801/
Plincner7532/
Plancner756/
Plencnei752/
Plencnerová7436/
Plencnerova743/
Plincnerová6316/
Plincnerova631/

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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 Plenkner
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