How common is the surname Plank?

6,534 people in the United States had the surname Plank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,252 Americans. It ranked 5,331st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plank?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Plank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Plank?

Bettina Plank, Austrian karateka, followed by Scott Plank.

Where is the surname Plank most common?

Wikidata records people named Plank in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Plank getting more or less common?

More common. 6,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,534 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Plank

A surname, carried by 6,534 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plank is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,534 people named Plank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,252 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,235.

#5,331

rank among US surnames

6,534

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,162)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,322	Ladner	6,551	47,130
#5,323	Beiler	6,549	47,144
#5,324	Yin	6,548	47,151
#5,325	Marlowe	6,543	47,187
#5,326	Recinos	6,540	47,209
#5,327	Tibbetts	6,538	47,223
#5,328	Lehr	6,537	47,230

Who is named Plank

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Plank identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Planks

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bettina Plank
Austrian karateka, born 1992
Scott Plank
American actor (1958-2002)
Terry Plank
American geologist and volcanologist, born 1963
Eddie Plank
American baseball player (1875-1926)
Kevin Plank
American entrepreneur and philanthropist, born 1972

Notable Planks come mostly from the United States (4) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plank

Plank has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

Questions

How common is the surname Plank?: 6,534 people in the United States had the surname Plank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,252 Americans. It ranked 5,331st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plank?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Plank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plank?: Bettina Plank, Austrian karateka, followed by Scott Plank.
Where is the surname Plank most common?: Wikidata records people named Plank in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Plank getting more or less common?: More common. 6,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,534 in 2010, up 4.8%.