Plaß Surname

316,181st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plaß Surname User-submission:

Bavarian, from Furt im Volt, on the Czech border. It means 'white' or 'pure'.

Plaß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1191:71,9449,123
Austria671:127,09617,572

The alternate forms: Pla (22,384), Plá (87) & Plà (16) are calculated separately.

Plaß Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Bavarian, from Furt im Volt, on the Czech border. It means 'white' or 'pure'.

- pianangel

Plaß Last Name Facts

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

Plaß is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Pla, Plá or Plà. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaß? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 316,181st most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,144,642 people. The last name Plaß occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plaß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 1,119 people, or 1 in 71,944. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent are found, Bavaria, where 12 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pla9522,384/
Plaaß8937/
Plá8687/
Plà8616/
Plas755,290/
Plea754,890/
Plat753,942/
Plaz751,436/
Play75891/
Ploß75531/
Plai75507/
Plaa75437/
Plau75353/
Ppla75308/
Plax75152/
Plah75149/
Plla75139/
Plha7599/
Plad7568/
Phla7558/
Plia7519/
Plaj7519/
Plya759/
Pléa755/
Ploa753/
Plga752/
Plaï752/
Plap751/
Plâa751/
Pilla6761,914/
Platt6751,764/
Place6718,366/
Pella675,588/
Plass673,246/
Plaut672,271/
Plast671,837/
Plaud671,646/
Pleau671,622/
Plaha671,359/
Pleas67807/
Plapp67706/
Plach67654/
Pleșa67624/
Plais67600/
Plaat67494/
Phlai67373/
Plait67352/
Plias67340/
Plaas67282/
Pleah67273/
Plyas67236/
Pylla67220/
Pleiß67183/
Pleuß67165/
Plays67162/
Plaus67151/
Plats67140/
Plahe67136/
Pleat67121/
Phlay67118/
Pleha67100/
Plahs6796/
Plash6795/
Plaux6790/
Plaid6788/
Phlaj6786/
Plyay6784/
Phlat6753/
Plase6748/
Plajh6743/
Pllai6742/
Plasz6740/
Plahy6739/
Pléha6731/
Plaht6728/
Phlya6727/
Placz6721/
Plahý6718/
Plazz6717/
Pladt6714/
Phlad6712/
Phlau6710/
Plajt679/
Phlia678/
Platì677/
Playt676/
Phlas676/
Plauš676/
Plaić675/
Pëpla674/
Playz673/
Pliat673/
Påhla673/
Plauz672/
Pleaz672/
Plaiz672/
Pleèa672/
Plašt672/
Plaah672/
Plaai672/
Plaph671/
Plhad671/
Pllya671/
Playd671/
Plazp671/
Põlla671/
Plaãa671/
Plaad671/
Phlla671/
Pleap670/
Plead670/
Plaay670/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plaß
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