Plunien Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plunien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plunien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307

Plunien Last Name Facts

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

Plunien is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plunien? popularity and diffusion

Plunien is the 2,352,516th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Plunien occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plunien live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Plunien is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Plunien is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 77 percent are found, Hesse, where 8 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plunin925/
Plungienë881/
Plusnin8678/
Plonien8618/
Plungin8611/
Plunina861/
Plonienė80108/
Pliusnin806/
Plungean802/
Plonin7723/
Plinin772/
Plonen772/
Plienienė753/
Plinyin711/
Pellinen672,076/
Plyusnyn67260/
Pillinen675/
Plyunhyn673/
Phlinjin671/
Plyusnim671/
Phlunayom5011/

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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 Plunien
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