Plakhta Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Plakhta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plakhta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1971:231,08030,666
Russia71:20,589,008462,339

Plakhta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plakhta (Russian: Плахта) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plakhta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plakhta is the 1,168,344th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plakhta live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Plakhta is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 231,080. In Ukraine Plakhta is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 32 percent are found, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 29 percent are found and Zakarpattia Oblast, where 12 percent are found. Beside Ukraine it exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Plakhta Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plachta861,411/
Plakhty8660/
Plaekta869/
Plakhti866/
Plackta861/
Plakhtyi801,500/
Plakhtiy80271/
Plakhtey8062/
Plakhtii8036/
Plakhtei809/
Plajta7725/
Placta775/
Płachta7131/
Placehetta711/
Placktis6714/
Plokhtyi678/
Pleaktis671/
Plokhtiy671/
Placter572/
Plactio571/
Plocktis5312/
Plaicted530/

Plakhta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plakhta in the Russian language
Плахтаplahta-

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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 Plakhta
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