Plaks Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Plaks Surname User-submission:

A Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, meaning 'beats'.

Plaks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
Estonia691:19,1573,287
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Plaks Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, meaning 'beats'.

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Plaks Last Name Facts

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

Plaks (Russian: Плакс) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaks? popularity and diffusion

Plaks is the 933,049th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname Plaks occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Plaks are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Plaks is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 2,645,686. In The United States Plaks is most numerous in: Texas, where 18 percent are found, California, where 16 percent are found and New York, where 12 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 24 percent are found and Russia, where 15 percent are found.

Plaks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plaks has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Plaks last name increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plaks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plaks last name are 25.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 78.95% being registered with the party.

The amount Plaks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 274.95% more than the national average, earning R 891,024 per year and in United States they earn 7.51% more than the national average, earning $46,390 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Placks9139/
Plauks916/
Plyaks913/
Pleaks910/
Plakshs831/
Plõks8012/
Pleks807/
Ploks802/
Placs801/
Plaksova778/
Pillaiks771/
Plöcks7320/
Plaucs734/
Plekss734/
Plecks731/
Plaags731/
Plocks730/
Plax67152/
Pflocks6715/

Plaks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plaks in the Russian language
Плаксplaks-

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