Plesnivý Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Plesnivý Surname User-submission:

The surname Plesnivý comes from the Czech word plíseň or from the Slovak pleseň, which both mean 'mold'. Plesnivý is an adjective to the word.

Plesnivý Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia581:92,00817,690
Czechia431:247,29033,576

The alternate forms: Plesnivy (9) are calculated separately.

Plesnivý Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Plesnivý comes from the Czech word plíseň or from the Slovak pleseň, which both mean 'mold'. Plesnivý is an adjective to the word.

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Plesnivý Last Name Facts

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

Plesnivý is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Plesnivy. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plesnivý? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,839,022nd most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plesnivý are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Plesnivý is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 92,008. In Slovakia Plesnivý is primarily concentrated in: Trenčín Region, where 98 percent live and Nitra Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Slovakia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Czechia, where 43 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plesnivy969/
Plesnivá8891/
Plesniva885/
Plesznivy8212/
Plesnivyy824/
Plesnivaya783/
Plesnyva756/
Plesnyvyi7128/
Plesnevoy7118/
Plesnevich6771/
Plesnevych672/
Pleneve670/
Pletneve631/
Plisnevich564/
Plysnevych564/

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