Plank Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 0
Dorset 2
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 14
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 10
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 51
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 5
Somerset 11
Surrey 17
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 152
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Plank Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Plank family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 57
Agricultural Labourer 35
Groom 6
Servant 6
Laundress 5
Carter 5
Labourer Wife 5
House Servant 4
Dress Maker 4
Shoe Maker 4
Farm Labourer 4
Pauper 4
Shepherd 4
Assistant 3
Engineer 3
Blacksmith 3
Labourer 2
Railway Driver 2
Ostler 2
Footman 2
College Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer Wife 2
Domestic Servant 2
Gardener 2
Porter 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Plank

Name Census Frequency
William Plank 249
Mary Plank 212
George Plank 205
Charles Plank 141
Sarah Plank 141
John Plank 123
Elizabeth Plank 109
James Plank 98
Henry Plank 79
Thomas Plank 73
Eliza Plank 65
Edward Plank 63
Frederick Plank 59
Ann Plank 58
Jane Plank 57
Alfred Plank 49
Alice Plank 49
Ellen Plank 48
Emma Plank 48
Emily Plank 41
Joseph Plank 41
Robert Plank 40
Annie Plank 39
Albert Plank 36
Fanny Plank 33

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