Plachý Surname
Approximately 2,098 people bear this surname
Plachý Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 1,715 | 1:6,200 | 722 |
| Slovakia | 382 | 1:13,970 | 1,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Plachy (920) are calculated separately.
Plachý Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plachý Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plachý occurs more in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Plachy. For other potential spellings of Plachý click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plachý? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 199,116th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,473,568 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plachý reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Plachý is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is held by 1,715 people, or 1 in 6,200. In Czechia it is most common in: Central Bohemian Region, where 17 percent live, South Moravian Region, where 13 percent live and Prague, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Czechia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Plachý Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Plachý has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plachý last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Plachý
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