Placanica Surname

352,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,034 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Placanica Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Placanica Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy6421:95,26016,364
Argentina1861:229,80318,801
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Australia891:303,32226,493
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Placánica (1) are calculated separately.

Placanica Last Name Facts

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

Placanica occurs in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Placánica. Click here to see other possible spellings of Placanica.

How Common Is The Last Name Placanica? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 352,406th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,047,917 people. Placanica occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Placanica reside; 62 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 62 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The surname Placanica is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 642 people, or 1 in 95,260. In Italy it is primarily concentrated in: Calabria, where 68 percent reside, Lazio, where 9 percent reside and Lombardy, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Italy this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Placanica Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Placanica last name are 11.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.89% being registered with the political party.

The amount Placanica earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 67.83% more than the national average, earning €50,400 per year and in United States they earn 2.68% less than the national average, earning $41,992 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Placanica
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