Plesnev Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Plesnev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plesnev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria291:240,65212,777
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

Plesnev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plesnev (Russian: Плеснев) is most common in Bulgaria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plesnev? popularity and diffusion

Plesnev is the 2,312,869th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Plesnev live; 54 percent live in Eastern Europe and 54 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 240,652. In Bulgaria Plesnev is mostly found in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 62 percent are found, Plovdiv Province, where 17 percent are found and Smolyan Province, where 17 percent are found. Besides Bulgaria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 34 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.

Plesnev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plesneva9365/
Pleshnev9330/
Plesnevs931/
Plenev923/
Pleshneva8831/
Pletnev864,434/
Pleneva869/
Pleneev862/
Plesnov861/
Plesnyov8041/
Peleznev8021/
Pletneev803/
Pletnevs802/
Pylnev77451/
Pilnev773/
Pleshnyov7547/
Pylneva71422/
Plitnev7113/
Plynhev7112/
Pletnew716/
Pilneva714/
Pletněv711/
Pelneva711/
Plenyov711/
Plynheva671/
Plinyv621/
Pilniov571/
Plenjft571/

Plesnev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plesnev in the Russian language
Плесневplesnev-

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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 Plesnev
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