Plas Surname
Approximately 5,290 people bear this surname
Plas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,755 | 1:9,622 | 1,264 |
| France | 1,191 | 1:55,771 | 7,406 |
| Belgium | 1,162 | 1:9,894 | 1,418 |
| United States | 511 | 1:709,313 | 55,985 |
| Czechia | 151 | 1:70,420 | 11,815 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Poland | 31 | 1:1,226,089 | 78,991 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Plás (1) are calculated separately.
Plas (311) may also be a first name.
Plas Demographics
Average Male Plas Height
176.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Plas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plas (Hindi: प्लास, Marathi: पलास, Russian: Плас) occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Plás. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 90,586th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,377,608 people. The surname Plas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Plas are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 498,315th most widespread forename globally, borne by 311 people.
Plas is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,755 people, or 1 in 9,622. In The Netherlands Plas is most frequent in: South Holland, where 26 percent reside, North Holland, where 21 percent reside and Overijssel, where 13 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in France, where 23 percent reside and Belgium, where 22 percent reside.
Plas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Plas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plas surname grew 3,650 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Plas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Plas last name are 33.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.54% being registered with the political party.
The amount Plas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 83.05% more than the national average, earning 633,490 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.81% more than the national average, earning $49,106 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.6% more than the national average, earning $55,445 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Plas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plas in the Marathi language | ||
| पलास | palasa | - |
| Plas in the Hindi language | ||
| प्लास | plasa | 82.61 |
| प्लस | plasa | 13.04 |
| प्लाश | plasa | 4.35 |
| Plas in the Russian language | ||
| Плас | plas | - |
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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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- 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 Plas
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