Plavat Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Plavat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plavat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania341:590,52642,844
India91:85,229,487684,495
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Plăvăț (1) are calculated separately.

Plavat Last Name Facts

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

Plavat (Hindi: प्लावत, Marathi: ावत, Russian: Плавать) occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Plăvăț. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavat? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Plavat occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Plavat reside; 78 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 76 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

Plavat is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 590,526. In Romania Plavat is most prevalent in: Gorj County, where 74 percent are found, Hunedoara County, where 12 percent are found and Timiș County, where 12 percent are found. Besides Romania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent are found and Belarus, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plaivat921/
Plava91344/
Pillavat8627/
Pllava8350/
Pleava8344/
Plavea8341/
Plawat8327/
Plevat838/
Platva833/
Plavai831/
Plăvăț831/
Pellava7735/
Pláňava7720/
Phlawat7714/
Plaňava778/
Plampat771/
Pliavga771/
Platvot771/
Plaba73148/
Plawa7340/
Plova7335/
Plavá7328/
Plavă731/
Phlaubat7164/
Phlaiwat7146/
Pellevat7120/
Pillavas7111/
Pillawat715/
Pillavad712/
Plaivach711/
Pellavad711/
Plovas6782/
Plavos6754/
Plianphat6753/
Plavou6742/
Plasua679/
Plotva675/
Plavgo674/
Plovaz673/
Plaway672/
Pleavă672/
Plaswa671/
Plyova671/
Plauwa671/

Plavat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plavat in the Hindi language
प्लावतplavata-
Plavat in the Marathi language
ावतavata50
ावटavata50
Plavat in the Russian language
Плаватьplavat-

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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 Plavat
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