Plaw Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Plaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England601:928,63447,428
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Plaw (10) may also be a first name.

Plaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plaw is found most frequently in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Plaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,620,164th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Plaw are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.

Plaw is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 928,634. In England Plaw is primarily found in: Somerset, where 25 percent live, Kent, where 15 percent live and Surrey, where 15 percent live. Outside of England it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 23 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Plaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Plaw has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Plaw last name decreased 3 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plawe8919/
Plawt891/
Plahaw800/
Plow75169/
Plab7545/
Plav7520/
Phllyaw731/
Pellhaw731/
Plowe67231/
Plova6735/
Pliav6717/
Phlav6717/
Plaub6713/
Plaff679/
Phlab678/
Plowa674/
Plavt674/
Plyav673/
Pleaf673/
Plaaf672/
Pleiw671/
Plauf671/
Plaph671/
Plafh671/
Pllav671/
Pleow671/
Plowh670/
Plowf670/

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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 Plaw
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