Plaen Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Plaen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 1:1,290,596 | 5,991 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
Plaen (21) may also be a first name.
Plaen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plaen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Plaen is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plaen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Plaen are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Plaen is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 21 people.
The last name Plaen is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 315,881. In Switzerland Plaen is most common in: Canton of Fribourg, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland Plaen is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 24 percent are found and Germany, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Plaen
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