Plunk Surname

151,323rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Plunk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plunk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8981:125,07213,290
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2671:188,08516,600

Plunk (10) may also be a first name.

Plunk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plunk is found most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plunk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 151,323rd most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,503,451 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Plunk are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Plunk is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 10 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,898 people, or 1 in 125,072. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 27 percent are found, Texas, where 24 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States Plunk exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Plunk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plunk has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,085 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plunk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plunk surname are 14.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.36% registered with the political party.

Plunk earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.08% less than the national average, earning $40,095 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plunke910/
Plunktt832/
Plutnke831/
Plunkgg831/
Plucink831/
Plung8084/
Plonk8011/
Plunx801/
Plumk801/
Plungė73183/
Phlung73120/
Ploung7310/
Pflung731/
Plutnx731/
Uamplung6230/
Plong60558/
Plonc601/
Pillusing571/
Phlong556,329/
Pleong5510/
Ploeng555/
Pillong5064/
Phloeng502/
Pellong501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plunk
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