Plavša Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Plavša Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 99 | 1:42,713 | 8,470 |
| Serbia | 42 | 1:170,118 | 11,141 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Plavsa (59) are calculated separately.
Plavša Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plavša Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plavša occurs most in Croatia. It may also be found as: Plavsa. For other potential spellings of Plavša click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plavša? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plavša reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
It is most widespread in Croatia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 42,713. In Croatia Plavša is most prevalent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 73 percent are found, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 8 percent are found and Šibenik-Knin County, where 6 percent are found. Other than Croatia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 29 percent are found and Slovenia, where 2 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 Plavša
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