Plückthun Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plückthun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plückthun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3041:264,82128,272
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941

The alternate forms: Pluckthun (1) are calculated separately.

Plückthun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plückthun is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Pluckthun. For other possible spellings of Plückthun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plückthun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plückthun is the 878,878th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Plückthun is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plückthun reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Plückthun is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 264,821. In Germany Plückthun is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found and Hamburg, where 7 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pluckthun961/
Plückthon892/
Plückthum892/
Plüchthun891/
Pluchthun781/
Belkthyan561/
Palegothan534/
Palaguthin531/
Balekethaan501/

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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 Plückthun
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