Plaba Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Plaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1451:698,19571,110
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Plaba (11) may also be a first name.

Plaba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plaba is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Plaba.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaba? popularity and diffusion

Plaba is the 1,447,279th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Plaba reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 698,195. In The Philippines Plaba is most prevalent in: Eastern Visayas, where 54 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 27 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines Plaba occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 1 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plabeah8321/
Plava80344/
Plawa8040/
Pleba8016/
Plabo803/
Plabi801/
Phlaubat7764/
Pllava7350/
Plavat7345/
Pleava7344/
Plavea7341/
Plawat7327/
Plasua739/
Playbo733/
Platva733/
Plaway732/
Plaswa731/
Plauwa731/
Plavai731/
Plebay731/
Plabos731/
Playboy67220/
Pellawa6752/
Pellava6735/
Plasuah6722/
Plasway6721/
Pláňava6720/
Plaňava678/
Pillawa678/
Plaibou675/
Plajbes675/
Pliampa674/
Phlawai674/
Planpai672/
Pillabo672/
Playwah671/
Plaivat671/
Playboi671/
Pliavga671/
Plgawaj671/
Plauway670/

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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 Plaba
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