Plavans Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Plavans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plavans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova81:445,17130,722
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Plavans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plavans (Russian: Плаванс) is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plavans is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Plavans is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plavans are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 50 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 445,171. In Moldova it is most frequent in: Chișinău Municipality, where 100 percent live. Aside from Moldova it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 19 percent live and Latvia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Plavans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plavans in the Russian language
Плавансplavans-

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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 Plavans
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