Plams Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Plams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Plams Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plams (Russian: Пламс) is most common in Russia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plams? popularity and diffusion

Plams is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Plams live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Plams is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 13,102,096. In Russia it is primarily found in: Yaroslavl Oblast, where 45 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 18 percent reside and Tver Oblast, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Russia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plamse915/
Plamss912/
Plam's911/
Pellams8320/
Pillams831/
Plans801,187/
Plems801/
Plamz801/
Pilliams772/
Pillaims771/
Plains73104/
Plomås735/
Planås734/
Ploems731/
Phlans731/
Pluims731/
Pleims730/
Pillans67479/
Placins678/
Placens677/
Plainse677/
Platins675/
Plasins672/
Pellans670/

Plams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plams in the Russian language
Пламсplams-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plams
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