Pla Surname
Approximately 22,384 people bear this surname
Pla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 12,216 | 1:3,827 | 470 |
| France | 2,334 | 1:28,459 | 3,468 |
| Cuba | 2,151 | 1:5,357 | 606 |
| United States | 1,446 | 1:250,663 | 23,832 |
| Argentina | 1,297 | 1:32,956 | 2,745 |
| Dominican Republic | 501 | 1:20,824 | 1,368 |
| Uruguay | 360 | 1:9,533 | 1,061 |
| Brazil | 350 | 1:611,641 | 22,776 |
| Philippines | 259 | 1:390,881 | 50,526 |
| Chile | 234 | 1:75,284 | 3,040 |
| Mexico | 205 | 1:605,494 | 9,997 |
| Andorra | 144 | 1:582 | 89 |
| Colombia | 110 | 1:434,310 | 6,607 |
| Venezuela | 102 | 1:296,118 | 6,872 |
| Puerto Rico | 87 | 1:40,806 | 1,034 |
| Thailand | 79 | 1:894,156 | 140,446 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Costa Rica | 45 | 1:106,224 | 1,756 |
| Ivory Coast | 44 | 1:524,346 | 16,367 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
The alternate forms: Plá (87) & Plà (16) are calculated separately.
Pla (864) may also be a first name.
Pla Demographics
Pla Political Affiliation
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Pla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pla (Hindi: पाल) is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Plá or Plà. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pla.
How Common Is The Last Name Pla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pla is the 24,184th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 325,569 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Pla live; 55 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent live in Iberian Europe. Pla is also the 276,958th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 864 people.
The last name is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 12,216 people, or 1 in 3,827. In Spain it is primarily found in: Catalonia, where 45 percent are found, Valencian Community, where 43 percent are found and Madrid, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Spain this surname is found in 75 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent are found and Cuba, where 10 percent are found.
Pla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Pla are 32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Pla earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 26.3% less than the national average, earning $16,732,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning $40,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.31% less than the national average, earning $38,103 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pla in the Hindi language | ||
| पाल | pala | - |
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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 Pla
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