Plavou Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Plavou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plavou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece301:369,32650,921
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Plavou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plavou occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Plavou is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Plavou live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Plavou is most widely held in Greece, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 369,326. In Greece Plavou is most prevalent in: Thessaly, where 90 percent reside, Attica, where 3 percent reside and Central Greece, where 3 percent reside. Other than Greece Plavou occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Sweden, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plavos8354/
Plavuš8311/
Plavgo834/
Pliavgo77209/
Plyavgo77131/
Plavuth775/
Plaibou775/
Platvot771/
Plava73344/
Plavá7328/
Plawu738/
Plawo737/
Plabo733/
Plovo733/
Plavă731/
Plowu731/
Pflavosh719/
Pillawou711/
Pliampou711/
Plawgo67299/
Plavie67199/
Pllava6750/
Plavat6745/
Pleava6744/
Plavea6741/
Plasua679/
Pellabout678/
Plawoe678/
Plabuh675/
Playbo673/
Platva673/
Pleavă672/
Plauwa671/
Plavai671/
Plawod671/
Plawuo671/
Plouwa671/
Plabos671/

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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 Plavou
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