Plavša Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Plavša Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Plavša Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia991:42,7138,470
Serbia421:170,11811,141
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

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 surname Plavša occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Plavsa. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plavša? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plavša is the 1,453,389th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plavša are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 42,713. In Croatia Plavša is most common in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 73 percent live, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 8 percent live and Šibenik-Knin County, where 6 percent live. Besides Croatia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 29 percent live and Slovenia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plavsa9459/
Plavše8315/
Plavšić775,671/
Plavšič778/
Plavci6762/
Plawsa671/
Pllavci62156/
Plavsić6240/
Plavsiz621/
Plavsyi621/
Pllavçi621/
Plavsich5727/
Plavshych534/
Plavshich534/
Plawzi501/
Pliawsahat501/
Pliawsahad501/
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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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