Plachow Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Plachow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plachow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

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

Plachow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plachow occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Plachów. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plachow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Plachow are found; 67 percent are found in Australasia and 67 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia it is mostly found in: Western Australia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Australia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plachów951/
Platcow8646/
Plachov866/
Plachova803/
Plashchov756/
Plehachov751/
Plauchova751/
Plakhov712,681/
Plechov71101/
Plahhov7117/
Plaszow719/
Plehachova713/
Pleacof712/
Plochov711/
Plakhof711/
Plakhova673,228/
Plyakhov6722/
Ploykhow672/
Plochova672/
Pleacoff672/
Plashova672/
Playkhaw671/
Plakhoff671/

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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 Plachow
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