Plenske Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plenske Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plenske Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Plenske Last Name Facts

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

Plenske occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plenske? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Plenske live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 67 percent live, Brandenburg, where 13 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.

Plenske Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Plenske has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plenske surname rose 111 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plenske Last Name Statistics demography

Plenske earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.38% less than the national average, earning $21,411 USD per year.

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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 Plenske
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