Plav Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Plav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
Cambodia61:2,581,1918,069
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Plav Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plav (Russian: Плав) is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plav? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Plav occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Plav live; 65 percent live in West Asia and 65 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 5,986,263. In Turkey Plav is mostly concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 69 percent live and Balikesir Province, where 31 percent live. Excluding Turkey this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 30 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plaev8994/
Phlav8917/
Pliav8917/
Plavt894/
Plyav893/
Pllav891/
Phliav80114/
Phlaev805/
Pillav803/
Plyaev801/
Plavch801/
Phlyav801/
Plaw75124/
Plev7575/
Plab7545/
Plov7511/
Plap751/
Pillaiv738/
Plavova736/
Plapp67706/
Plova6735/
Pleev6730/
Ploev6726/
Plyavova6719/
Phlev6713/
Plaub6713/
Plaubová6710/
Plaff679/
Phlab678/
Plovz677/
Plovs675/
Plowa674/
Pleaf673/
Plape672/
Plapt672/
Plaaf672/
Pliov671/
Plazp671/
Plawt671/
Pilliaiv671/
Plauf671/
Platb671/
Plaph671/
Plafh671/
Pleap670/

Plav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plav in the Russian language
Плавplav-

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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 Plav
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