Plotkin Surname

83,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Plotkin Surname Definition:

(Russian) Dweller at the sign of the plotka (kind of fish).

Plotkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9601:91,53010,292
Israel8961:9,5511,466
Russia3821:377,28536,833
Canada1241:297,14227,584
Belarus921:103,27215,620
Argentina791:541,05639,330
Australia571:473,60936,415
England451:1,238,17956,985
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Latvia251:82,00212,055
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

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).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from an ancestor's occupation) Plotka is Russian for a kind of whitefish. Plotke, Plotka, and Plotkin signify a dealer in fish.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plotkina93658/
Plyotkin9322/
Plotking931/
Plyotkina8823/
Platkin86194/
Plotkyn86174/
Pletkin8626/
Plotkim862/
Plutkin862/
Plotken861/
Plotkinova822/
Plotkyna80178/
Plotquin8039/
Platkina808/
Plyutkin808/
Plutkina803/
Plodkina801/
Plautkin801/
Plautkina754/
Pletkienė753/
Platkienė751/
Platkyn714/
Pliatkienė711/
Plyutkyn672/
Platkyna671/

Plotkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plotkin in the Georgian language
პლოტკინიplotkini-
Plotkin in the Russian language
Плоткинplotkin-

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Plotkin Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plotkin
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