Plank is used as a family name or surname in Austria. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Plank
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Austria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Plank

How popular is Plank?

Plank is common in Austria.

Plank is ranked 26286 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Plank bearers increased by 4.795509 per cent in 2010 US census to 6534 since 2000, the surname slipped by 169 spots and ranked at 5331. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.59 96.5
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.06
Others 1.16 1.07
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.43
Black 0.18 0.29
Plank is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Austria is ahead in terms of density. Around 19390 people have been found who wears Plank as their family name. Plank is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,644 Nepal3
41,879 Turkey2
18,718 Thailand2
12,161 Wales2
28,083 Romania2
21,529 Singapore2
28,232 Morocco2
6,900 Oman2
798 Anguilla1
1,704,541 India1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
53,033 Nigeria1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
6,688 Malawi1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
24,771 Colombia1
19,810 Croatia1
165,773 Belarus1
11,486 Estonia1
1,254 Gibraltar1
3,586 Honduras1
29,595 Iran1
49,529 Israel1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
40,340 Malaysia1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,895 South Korea1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
53,193 Spain35
32,811 Sweden29
9,692 Ireland27
46,280 Czech Republic24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
1,056 The Bahamas21
162,376 Ukraine20
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,203 Denmark84
57,588 Argentina75
149,112 Russia68
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Plank:
8,044 South Africa804
8,407 England790
2,943 Hungary425
29,743 Italy314
13,787 Canada274
56,243 Brazil175
4,418 New Zealand173
17,712 Australia147
23,602 Mexico131
8,562 Slovakia124
22,672 Netherlands115
84,907 France110
10,773 Switzerland108
Countries with thousands of Plank:
5,416 United States7,301
1,784 Germany4,472
159 Austria3,379
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ann Plank was 35 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 20, 1851. She lived in Ireland and took Wm. H. Harbeck from Liverpool.

Plank Namesakes

  • Herbert Plank, Olympic athlete
  • Fretïmio Assocão di Planka, Politician
  • Kevin Plank, Businessman
  • Conny Plank, Record producer
  • Doug Plank, Coach
  • Eddie Plank, Baseball player
  • Gerhard Plankensteiner, Luger
  • Herbert Plank, Olympic athlete
  • Conny Plank, Record producer
  • Jolanda Plank, Alpine skier

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