Plafka Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Plafka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Plafka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plafka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Plafka occurs most in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Plafka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Plafka is the 6,723,624th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Plafka are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany Plafka is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 100 percent live. Other than Germany Plafka is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Plafka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Plafka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plafka surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plefka | 83 | 340 | / |
| Plavka | 83 | 78 | / |
| Plawka | 83 | 19 | / |
| Plafky | 83 | 9 | / |
| Plafke | 83 | 9 | / |
| Pflefka | 77 | 45 | / |
| Plaffke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Plafhko | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pleffka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfleefka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plewka | 67 | 3,617 | / |
| Plevka | 67 | 360 | / |
| Plavko | 67 | 261 | / |
| Plávka | 67 | 90 | / |
| Plawky | 67 | 65 | / |
| Plöwka | 67 | 22 | / |
| Plawke | 67 | 13 | / |
| Plefko | 67 | 7 | / |
| Plavki | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plavký | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plowka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plofker | 62 | 46 | / |
| Plawker | 62 | 21 | / |
| Ploewka | 62 | 6 | / |
| Plefkey | 62 | 2 | / |
| Plavcko | 62 | 1 | / |
| Plawkey | 62 | 1 | / |
| Plavcah | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pillatvki | 53 | 1 | / |
| Plewko | 50 | 331 | / |
| Plovko | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Plafka
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