Plitzner Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Plitzner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plitzner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany991:813,18659,527
Austria321:266,10730,958
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Plitzner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plitzner is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plitzner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plitzner is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname Plitzner occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Plitzner reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 813,186. In Germany Plitzner is most common in: Bavaria, where 24 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent are found and Hesse, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Plitzner Last Name Statistics demography

Plitzner earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.16% less than the national average, earning $37,039 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plietzner941/
Plizner932/
Plutzner8811/
Pletzner8810/
Pleizner883/
Plützner881/
Plitznerová845/
Plicner8077/
Plezner805/
Plyzner801/
Plajzner7514/
Pletsner7513/
Plejzner754/
Pletznerová742/
Plaichner7139/
Pleichner7121/
Pletchner711/
Pfleuzner710/
Plecner6720/
Plechner6357/

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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 Plitzner
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