Plaaß Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plaaß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaaß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Plaa (437) & Plâa (1) are calculated separately.

Plaaß Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Plaaß Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Plaaß is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant: Plaa or Plâa. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaaß? popularity and diffusion

Plaaß is the 3,228,735th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plaaß are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 64 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plaa96437/
Plaß891,186/
Plâa891/
Plaha801,359/
Plaat80494/
Plaas80282/
Plaai802/
Plaah802/
Plaad801/
Plaãa801/
Plaay800/
Pla7522,384/
Phlaat73242/
Pllaha73181/
Plaats7378/
Pillaa7365/
Plahay739/
Plaass738/
Plaath737/
Plaahs737/
Phlaha734/
Plaaya732/
Ploaia732/
Plaait731/
Plaatt730/
Plaatz730/
Plas675,290/
Plea674,890/
Plat673,942/
Plaz671,436/
Play67891/
Ploß67531/
Plai67507/
Plau67353/
Ppla67308/
Plax67152/
Plah67149/
Plla67139/
Plahova67112/
Plha6799/
Plad6768/
Plaasch6765/
Phla6758/
Plia6719/
Plaj6719/
Plasova6713/
Plya679/
Plazova678/
Pléa675/
Ploa673/
Pillaai672/
Plga672/
Plaï672/
Plahajj671/
Pillhaa671/
Plap671/

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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 Plaaß
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