Plavak Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Plavak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plavak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil791:2,709,80280,941
Ukraine171:2,677,806165,194
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Plavák (23) are calculated separately.

Plavak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plavak (Russian: Плавак) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Plavák. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavak? popularity and diffusion

Plavak is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Plavak are found; 69 percent are found in South America and 69 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 2,709,802. In Brazil Plavak is most frequent in: Paraná, where 96 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 3 percent are found and São Paulo, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Brazil Plavak exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Plavak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plavak surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Plavak earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.43% less than the national average, earning $23,547 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plavák9423/
Plavake921/
Plevak83245/
Plavac83153/
Plovak832/
Plawak831/
Plavakova802/
Plevack7720/
Plavoks775/
Platbak771/
Plavajková753/
Playback7115/
Plassbak719/
Plevák67191/
Plewak67159/
Plaváková6732/
Plevac6711/
Plianphak671/
Plowak671/
Plovajková634/
Plevock6216/
Plovock6210/
Platvoct571/

Plavak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plavak in the Russian language
Плавакplavak-

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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 Plavak
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