Plawa Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Plawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Plawa (33) may also be a first name.

Plawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plawa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Plawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Plawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plawa is the 3,100,440th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Plawa reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 58 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Plawa is also the 1,807,719th most common first name globally, held by 33 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 30 percent are found, Morobe, where 30 percent are found and Madang, where 17 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.

Plawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plawa surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.

Plawa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.02% less than the national average, earning $43,141 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plawat9127/
Plaway912/
Plauwa911/
Plaswa911/
Pellawa8352/
Plasway8321/
Pillawa838/
Phlawai834/
Playwah831/
Plgawaj831/
Plauway830/
Plewa807,823/
Plava80344/
Plaba80148/
Plawi8049/
Plawe8019/
Plawo807/
Plowa804/
Phlaiwat7746/
Pillawas7733/
Pillawat775/
Pellaway772/
Pillaway770/
Plawgo73299/
Pllava7350/
Plavat7345/
Plaeva7344/
Pleava7344/
Plavea7341/
Plowas7315/
Plasua739/
Pflawi736/
Platva733/
Plawid731/
Plawod731/
Plouwa731/
Plavai731/
Plawuo731/
Pllawi731/
Plawge731/
Plawetz6744/
Pellava6735/
Plasuah6722/
Plabeah6721/
Pláňava6720/
Playwoe6719/
Plaňava678/
Plaivat671/
Plawets671/
Pliavga671/
Plawich671/
Playwuo671/
Plavaja671/

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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 Plawa
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