Plavos Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Plavos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plavos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece461:240,86536,930
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Plavos Last Name Facts

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

Plavos occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavos? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plavos is the 2,635,433rd most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Plavos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Plavos live; 87 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Greece, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 240,865. In Greece Plavos is primarily found in: Thessaly, where 89 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 9 percent live and Central Greece, where 2 percent live. Excluding Greece it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent live and Albania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pflavosh869/
Plavou8342/
Plavgo834/
Plabos831/
Pliavgo77209/
Plyavgo77131/
Platvot771/
Plava73344/
Plavá7328/
Plawo737/
Plabo733/
Plovo733/
Plavă731/
Pillavas7111/
Pliampos718/
Plabosch716/
Plawgo67299/
Plavac67153/
Plovas6782/
Pllava6750/
Plavat6745/
Pleava6744/
Plowas6715/
Plasua679/
Playbo673/
Platva673/
Pleavă672/
Plawod671/
Plawas671/
Plaswa671/
Plawuo671/

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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 Plavos
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