Plešnik Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Plešnik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 244 | 1:10,195 | 2,391 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Plesnik (356), Pleśnik (1) & Plesník (506) are calculated separately.
Plešnik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plešnik Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plešnik is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Plesnik, Pleśnik or Plesník. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Plešnik? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The surname Plešnik occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plešnik are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Plešnik is most commonly used in Slovenia, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 10,195. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Savinja, where 72 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 13 percent are found and Carinthia, where 9 percent are found. Beside Slovenia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plesnik | 95 | 356 | / |
| Pleśnik | 95 | 1 | / |
| Plesník | 90 | 506 | / |
| Plošnik | 86 | 86 | / |
| Plečnik | 86 | 71 | / |
| Plecnik | 86 | 33 | / |
| Plejnik | 86 | 1 | / |
| Plesnick | 80 | 18 | / |
| Pleshnik | 80 | 2 | / |
| Plechnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pleasnick | 75 | 59 | / |
| Plaznik | 71 | 324 | / |
| Pilśnik | 71 | 70 | / |
| Pelsnik | 71 | 37 | / |
| Plesnikova | 71 | 19 | / |
| Plasnik | 71 | 13 | / |
| Pilsnik | 71 | 12 | / |
| Plosnik | 71 | 11 | / |
| Plesnyk | 71 | 11 | / |
| Plisnik | 71 | 4 | / |
| Plesniková | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pilznik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pliznik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pliśnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ploznik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pelznik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plesnek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pließnig | 67 | 111 | / |
| Ploshnik | 67 | 88 | / |
| Plessnig | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pleßnigg | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pielsnik | 67 | 11 | / |
| Plishnik | 67 | 4 | / |
| Plasznik | 67 | 3 | / |
| Plasnick | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pleshnikova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Plešnik
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