Pleşa Surname
Approximately 1,191 people bear this surname
Pleşa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,183 | 1:16,972 | 2,189 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
The alternate forms: Plesa (7,359) & Pleša (1,569) are calculated separately.
Pleşa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pleşa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pleşa is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Plesa or Pleša. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pleşa? popularity and diffusion
Pleşa is the 315,094th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,118,846 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pleşa are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 1,183 people, or 1 in 16,972. In Romania Pleşa is most frequent in: Alba County, where 16 percent are found, Cluj County, where 15 percent are found and Timiș County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Azerbaijan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plesa | 93 | 7,359 | / |
| Pleša | 93 | 1,569 | / |
| Pleşea | 91 | 235 | / |
| Pleßa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Pleza | 80 | 9 | / |
| Plexa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Pleča | 80 | 2 | / |
| Plesea | 73 | 1,350 | / |
| Plesha | 73 | 1,080 | / |
| Plećaš | 73 | 875 | / |
| Plessa | 73 | 716 | / |
| Plecha | 73 | 311 | / |
| Pleace | 73 | 291 | / |
| Plesia | 73 | 94 | / |
| Please | 73 | 63 | / |
| Plečaš | 73 | 51 | / |
| Pletsa | 73 | 50 | / |
| Pleisa | 73 | 43 | / |
| Pleşer | 73 | 42 | / |
| Plesat | 73 | 9 | / |
| Plecia | 73 | 8 | / |
| Pleasa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Plečas | 73 | 3 | / |
| Plesas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pleaze | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pleaşă | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plessas | 67 | 1,114 | / |
| Pletcha | 67 | 55 | / |
| Pletsas | 67 | 54 | / |
| Plechač | 67 | 51 | / |
| Plechas | 67 | 45 | / |
| Plescha | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pleshaj | 67 | 19 | / |
| Placeau | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pleasai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pleasha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pillesa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pleasay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pleased | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pleasea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pleases | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plechat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plaseah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pellesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plessaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleesai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleesat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleasee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plechaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleaser | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pleasey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pleşa
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