Plavac Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Plavac Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plavac Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia691:61,28411,351
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Bosnia and Herzegovina171:208,02411,299
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Plavac Last Name Facts

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

Plavac is found most frequently in Croatia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavac? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plavac is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Plavac reside; 59 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 59 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 61,284. In Croatia Plavac is mostly concentrated in: Brod-Posavina County, where 29 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 23 percent reside and Split-Dalmatia County, where 13 percent reside. Beside Croatia it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent reside.

Plavac Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Plavac are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

Plavac earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plavache864/
Plaivach861/
Plavak83115/
Plevac8311/
Plevack7720/
Plavake771/
Playback7115/
Pillavas7111/
Plăvache711/
Platvoct711/
Plevak67245/
Plovas6782/
Plavos6754/
Plavák6723/
Plovaz673/
Plavakova672/
Plovak672/
Plawak671/
Plawas671/
Plavajková633/
Plevock6216/
Plovock6210/
Plavoks625/
Platbak621/
Pillawas5733/
Pflavosh579/
Plassbak579/
Plabosch576/
Plaváková5332/
Plaiweich531/
Plianphak531/
Plevák50191/
Plewak50159/
Plowas5015/
Plovajková504/
Plowak501/

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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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  • 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 Plavac
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