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 occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Plesa or Pleša. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pleşa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 315,094th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,118,846 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pleşa reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most commonly held in Romania, where it is held by 1,183 people, or 1 in 16,972. In Romania it 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. Apart from Romania Pleşa occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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