Pletka Surname

504,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Czechia

Pletka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pletka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3221:1,125,64981,111
Czechia1351:78,76613,218
Ukraine831:548,46661,456
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Slovakia231:232,02036,711
Austria141:608,24554,975
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Pletka Last Name Facts

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

Pletka (Russian: Плетка) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pletka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 504,985th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Pletka live; 42 percent live in Eastern Europe and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Pletka is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 1,125,649. In The United States it is most frequent in: Indiana, where 12 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 21 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.

Pletka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pletka has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,578 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pletka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pletka last name are 17.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.79% being registered with the party.

Pletka earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $44,449 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pletcka920/
Plotka83635/
Plytka83292/
Plitka83148/
Pletko8342/
Platka8339/
Pletke8335/
Plettke7744/
Plottka7712/
Pletkio770/
Plotko671,006/
Platko67961/
Plitko67263/
Plytko67180/
Plätke6770/
Płotka6717/
Plitki6713/
Plotca672/
Pletco672/
Plettcats671/
Pladka670/
Pliztki622/
Plottko621/
Plattko621/
Plotkey621/
Pletche621/
Platcko621/
Platco5039/
Plodko501/

Pletka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pletka in the Russian language
Плеткаpletka-

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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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  • 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 Pletka
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