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
Average Male Pla Height
174.43 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pla (Hindi: पाल) is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Plá or Plà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 24,184th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 325,569 people. The surname Pla is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Pla are found; 55 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Pla is also the 276,958th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 864 people.
The last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 12,216 people, or 1 in 3,827. In Spain Pla is mostly concentrated in: Catalonia, where 45 percent are found, Valencian Community, where 43 percent are found and Madrid, where 3 percent are found. Barring Spain Pla occurs in 75 countries. It is also common in France, where 10 percent are found and Cuba, where 10 percent are found.
Pla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pla surname are 32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.23% being registered to vote for the 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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