The Plonka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 405 people carried this name — #51,396 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 414 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
7,329 people named Plonka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,019 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Plonka.
Most of them — 32 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Plonka.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Plonka is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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