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

Plunk is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plunk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 151,323rd most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,503,451 people. Plunk is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Plunk live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,898 people, or 1 in 125,072. In The United States Plunk is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 27 percent live, Texas, where 24 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Plunk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plunk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plunk last name increased 1,085 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plunk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Plunk are 14.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.36% registered to vote for the 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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