Plny Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Plny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

The alternate forms: Plný (104) are calculated separately.

Plny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plny is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Plný. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plny? popularity and diffusion

Plny is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Plny is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plny live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Plny is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany Plny is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 33 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 20 percent reside and Luxembourg, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plný92104/
Pilny89832/
Pelny8984/
Pleny8941/
Pellny80256/
Pilney80209/
Pylnyi8049/
Plenny8044/
Plenys8040/
Pleney8030/
Pilnay8028/
Pylnyy8024/
Pillny804/
Pylnoy804/
Pelnys802/
Pöllny801/
Plinny800/
Plná75107/
Plna753/
Plnh752/
Plni751/
Plne751/
Plesnyi7327/
Pylnaya7322/
Plengey7318/
Plennyy7311/
Plesney736/
Plennyi734/
Pillney733/
Plesnay732/
Plėnytė731/
Plenhyi731/
Pellney731/
Plesniy731/
Plenney731/
Plesnyy731/
Pillnay730/
Peelney730/
Plinney730/
Pilný67988/
Pilná67894/
Pilna67184/
Pelna67155/
Plena67140/
Pelne67102/
Pelni6767/
Pilni6718/
Plene678/
Plenh677/
Pylna672/
Pylni671/
Pílný671/

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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 Plny
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