Plesanu Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Plesanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 168 | 1:119,511 | 13,198 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Pleşanu (65) & Pleșanu (4) are calculated separately.
Plesanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plesanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Plesanu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Pleşanu or Pleșanu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plesanu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,231,034th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Plesanu are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
Plesanu is most prevalent in Romania, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 119,511. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Vâlcea County, where 83 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 16 percent reside and Caraș-Severin County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Romania it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent reside and France, 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 Plesanu
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