Plaça Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Plaça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Placa (1,534) are calculated separately.

Plaça Last Name Facts

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

Plaça is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Placa. Click here for further possible spellings of Plaça.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaça? popularity and diffusion

Plaça is the 3,274,477th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Plaça reside; 86 percent reside in South America and 86 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 6,905,624. In Brazil Plaça is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 87 percent live, Paraná, where 10 percent live and Pará, where 3 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Plaça Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plaça has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plaça last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Placa931,534/
Plaçais8321/
Plaza80139,823/
Plasa80915/
Plaxa8022/
Placha73749/
Plazza73486/
Plassa73193/
Platsa73142/
Plasha73130/
Placia73125/
Plasaj73108/
Phlasa73105/
Plloça7354/
Plauca7329/
Plasas7324/
Plasai7319/
Plasay7311/
Pleasa736/
Plasaz734/
Pliasa734/
Plausa734/
Plačas733/
Placay733/
Plasia733/
Plauza732/
Phlaxa732/
Pladsa731/
Playsa731/
Hplaza731/
Pllaca731/
Plazai731/
Plazaa731/
Plaisa731/
Plauča731/
Placea731/
Platza731/
Plasad731/
Pillaca679,651/
Plassat67259/
Platsas67250/
Phlasai67248/
Plachai6749/
Plaucha6737/
Placias6732/
Pliasas6720/
Phlaisa6718/
Plassas6715/
Placeau6713/
Phlasat679/
Pleasai678/
Pellaca677/
Platcha676/
Plasait675/
Pliacha675/
Pliassa675/
Platsai675/
Pleasha675/
Plaszaj675/
Plachas674/
Pliatsa674/
Pleasay674/
Pleasea672/
Plashay672/
Plaszai672/
Plaseah671/
Plassay671/
Pellasa671/
Pellaza671/
Plaacha671/
Plaacio671/
Plaucea671/
Plaucia671/
Pillaza671/
Pladsai671/
Plasaut670/

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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 Plaça
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