Plotnik Surname

252,918th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Plotnik Surname User-submission:

This is an occupational surname meaning 'carpenter', derived from the Russian word plotnik.

Plotnik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4591:789,67161,028
Russia4111:350,66434,768
Israel2121:40,3665,515
Poland1111:342,42138,975
Argentina571:749,88450,572
Moldova571:62,4808,624
Belarus511:186,29524,218
Canada471:783,94961,790
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Transnistria131:36,5155,752
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
England21:27,859,030389,889
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Plotnik (14) may also be a first name.

Plotnik Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is an occupational surname meaning 'carpenter', derived from the Russian word plotnik.

- haffman97

Plotnik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plotnik (Russian: Плотник) is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plotnik? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 252,918th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,659,556 people. The surname Plotnik occurs predominantly in Europe, where 38 percent of Plotnik reside; 36 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Plotnik is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name Plotnik is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 459 people, or 1 in 789,671. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 19 percent are found, New York, where 16 percent are found and Minnesota, where 14 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent are found and Israel, where 14 percent are found.

Plotnik Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Plotnik last name is chiefly Orthodox (93%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus and Orthodox (93%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Plotnik last name are 14.9% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 61.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Plotnik earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 13.82% more than the national average, earning $49,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.04% more than the national average, earning $70,568 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Plotnik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plotnik in the Russian language
Плотникplotnik-

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Plotnik Reference & Research

Plotkin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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