Plakane Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Plakane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plakane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia391:52,5657,946
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Plakane Last Name Facts

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

Plakane (Russian: Плаканэ) is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plakane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Plakane is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Plakane are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name Plakane is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 52,565. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 77 percent live, Latgale, where 15 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Latvia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Plakane Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plakane in the Russian language
Плаканэplakane-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plakane
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