Plinston Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Plinston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plinston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:655,50738,035
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Plinston Last Name Facts

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

Plinston is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plinston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,007,164th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Plinston live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 655,507. In England it is primarily found in: West Sussex, where 24 percent reside, Cheshire, where 19 percent reside and Greater London, where 12 percent reside. Besides England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 1 percent reside and Wales, where 1 percent reside.

Plinston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Plinston has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Plinston surname grew 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Plinston
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis