Pleka Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Pleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Pleka (38) may also be a first name.
Pleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pleka has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pleka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pleka is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Pleka are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 38 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 490,877. In The Ivory Coast Pleka is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 45 percent reside, Montagnes District, where 43 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 11 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast Pleka exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Pleka
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