Plotkin Surname
Approximately 5,786 people bear this surname
Plotkin Surname Definition:
(Russian) Dweller at the sign of the plotka (kind of fish).
Plotkin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,960 | 1:91,530 | 10,292 |
| Israel | 896 | 1:9,551 | 1,466 |
| Russia | 382 | 1:377,285 | 36,833 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Belarus | 92 | 1:103,272 | 15,620 |
| Argentina | 79 | 1:541,056 | 39,330 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Plotkin (11) may also be a first name.
Plotkin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Russian) Dweller at the sign of the plotka (kind of fish).
(from an ancestor's occupation) Plotka is Russian for a kind of whitefish. Plotke, Plotka, and Plotkin signify a dealer in fish.
Plotkin Demographics
Plotkin Political Affiliation
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Plotkin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plotkin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plotkin (Georgian: პლოტკინი, Russian: Плоткин) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plotkin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 83,641st most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,259,514 people. The last name Plotkin is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Plotkin are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Plotkin is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,960 people, or 1 in 91,530. In The United States Plotkin is most numerous in: New York, where 21 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 36 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.
Plotkin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Plotkin last name is chiefly Orthodox (71%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Plotkin last name are 8.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.31% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Plotkin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.17% less than the national average, earning R 20,976 per year; in United States they earn 32.42% more than the national average, earning $57,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.92% more than the national average, earning $57,096 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plotkina | 93 | 658 | / |
| Plyotkin | 93 | 22 | / |
| Plotking | 93 | 1 | / |
| Plyotkina | 88 | 23 | / |
| Platkin | 86 | 194 | / |
| Plotkyn | 86 | 174 | / |
| Pletkin | 86 | 26 | / |
| Plotkim | 86 | 2 | / |
| Plutkin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Plotken | 86 | 1 | / |
| Plotkinova | 82 | 2 | / |
| Plotkyna | 80 | 178 | / |
| Plotquin | 80 | 39 | / |
| Platkina | 80 | 8 | / |
| Plyutkin | 80 | 8 | / |
| Plutkina | 80 | 3 | / |
| Plodkina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plautkin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plautkina | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pletkienė | 75 | 3 | / |
| Platkienė | 75 | 1 | / |
| Platkyn | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pliatkienė | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plyutkyn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Platkyna | 67 | 1 | / |
Plotkin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plotkin in the Georgian language | ||
| პლოტკინი | plotkini | - |
| Plotkin in the Russian language | ||
| Плоткин | plotkin | - |
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Plotkin Reference & Research
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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 Plotkin
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