Plaçais Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Plaçais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaçais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France161:4,151,420237,746
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Placais (280) are calculated separately.

Plaçais Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plaçais is most common in France. It may be rendered as: Placais. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaçais? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Plaçais is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Plaçais live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Plaçais is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 69 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 6 percent reside. Other than France this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Placais95280/
Plaça8336/
Plassais801,160/
Plazas7717,922/
Placas77116/
Placis7784/
Plaise7755/
Plazis7739/
Plasas7724/
Plasai7719/
Plasis779/
Plačas773/
Plaisy773/
Plaisa771/
Plazai771/
Plaatsies751/
Plaissais751/
Platsis71282/
Platsas71250/
Phlasai71248/
Phlaisi7197/
Plaissy7175/
Plachai7149/
Placias7132/
Pliasas7120/
Phlaisa7118/
Plassas7115/
Pleasai718/
Plaiser717/
Platsai715/
Plasait715/
Plaisse715/
Plachas714/
Placise712/
Plaszai712/
Placash711/
Pladsai711/
Plasias711/
Plaaser711/
Plassis711/
Plaised711/
Plaisey710/
Plasuis710/
Plaza67139,823/
Plaisier671,680/
Plasa67915/
Placi67484/
Phlachai67192/
Platchai67149/
Pliachas67108/
Plazi6792/
Plase6748/
Plasi6739/
Plasy6723/
Plaxa6722/
Pliassas6710/
Plaissay6710/
Plaasche675/
Pillacas673/
Plascios673/
Plaisseu672/
Phliasai672/
Pleasats672/
Plaisace672/
Plachait671/
Plyasish671/
Plasayus671/
Pleassas671/
Plaatsie671/
Phlaisit671/
Platseas671/
Pliatsas671/

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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 Plaçais
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