Plapan Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Plapan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Plapan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plapan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plapan is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Plapan.
How Common Is The Last Name Plapan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Plapan live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Plapan is mostly concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 80 percent live and Bungoma County, where 20 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Bulgaria, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plaspan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Plaipan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Plapane | 92 | 1 | / |
| Phlaphan | 86 | 209 | / |
| Plaephan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Plyaphan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pillapan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Plopan | 83 | 145 | / |
| Plapon | 83 | 2 | / |
| Plepan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phlaiphan | 80 | 96 | / |
| Pillappan | 80 | 9 | / |
| Phlayphan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Phlapon | 77 | 27 | / |
| Ploypan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Plaipon | 77 | 4 | / |
| Plapong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Plebpan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plaphon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plaspon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phlaphon | 71 | 2,069 | / |
| Ployphan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Plaipong | 71 | 5 | / |
| Plaiphon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phlaipon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Playphon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phlaphong | 67 | 714 | / |
| Phlapphon | 67 | 680 | / |
| Phlaiphachen | 67 | 196 | / |
| Phloiphan | 67 | 180 | / |
| Phlaiphon | 67 | 62 | / |
| Phliaphon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phloyphan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phlaiphong | 63 | 11 | / |
| Phlayphoon | 63 | 2 | / |
| Plodpon | 62 | 4 | / |
| Phlophon | 57 | 62 | / |
| Pleepoon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pladpoom | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phlopphon | 53 | 8 | / |
| Pladphoom | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pilleponn | 53 | 0 | / |
| Phloiphong | 50 | 8 | / |
| Phladphoom | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Plapan
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