Plavčan Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Plavčan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 107 | 1:49,873 | 9,579 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Plavcan (204) & Plavčán (1) are calculated separately.
Plavčan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plavčan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plavčan is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Plavcan or Plavčán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Plavčan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Plavčan is the 1,710,039th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Plavčan is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plavčan are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 49,873. In Slovakia Plavčan is most numerous in: Prešov Region, where 81 percent are found, Bratislava Region, where 15 percent are found and Košice Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Plavčan
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