Plauka Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Plauka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
Plauka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plauka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Plauka is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Plauka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Plauka occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Plauka reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 341,674. In Latvia Plauka is primarily found in: Vidzeme, where 67 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 17 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Latvia Plauka occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Norway, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Plauka
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