Plaks Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Plaks Surname User-submission:
A Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, meaning 'beats'.
Plaks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| Estonia | 69 | 1:19,157 | 3,287 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Plaks Surname Meaning
Plaks Demographics
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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
Plaks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plaks in the Russian language | ||
| Плакс | plaks | - |
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