Plánka Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Plánka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plánka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1411:75,41512,659
Slovakia721:74,11714,362
Hungary321:306,75923,012
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Planka (586) are calculated separately.

Plánka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plánka occurs in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Planka. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plánka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,028,911th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plánka live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most common in Czechia, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 75,415. In Czechia Plánka is most frequent in: Zlín Region, where 28 percent reside, South Moravian Region, where 13 percent reside and Prague, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Czechia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 29 percent reside and Hungary, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Planka94586/
Plátěnka8620/
Plátenka8620/
Plonka832,050/
Plánky833/
Plánki833/
Pleinka773/
Plankay770/
Platenka7112/
Plangkai7111/
Plankais716/
Plankaja714/
Pillanka711/
Planko67534/
Planca67317/
Planke67145/
Płonka6772/
Plonke6747/
Plankó6734/
Planky6714/
Planki6714/
Plonko6713/
Phlangkha678/
Plachenka674/
Plonca673/
Plonky673/
Plasienka672/
Plońka671/
Plomka671/
Planqa671/

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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 Plánka
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