Pleša Surname
Approximately 1,569 people bear this surname
Pleša Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1,139 | 1:3,713 | 401 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 142 | 1:24,904 | 4,106 |
| Slovakia | 108 | 1:49,412 | 9,484 |
| Slovenia | 89 | 1:27,951 | 5,823 |
| Serbia | 68 | 1:105,073 | 8,306 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Plesa (7,359) & Pleşa (1,191) are calculated separately.
Pleša Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pleša Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pleša occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Plesa or Pleşa. Click here for further possible spellings of Pleša.
How Common Is The Last Name Pleša? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 252,273rd most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,644,707 people. The last name Pleša is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pleša reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Pleša is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 1,139 people, or 1 in 3,713. In Croatia it is primarily found in: Osijek-Baranja County, where 17 percent live, Zagreb County, where 14 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 13 percent live. Apart from Croatia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 9 percent live and Slovakia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plesa | 93 | 7,359 | / |
| Pleşa | 93 | 1,191 | / |
| Pleše | 80 | 1,001 | / |
| Plešo | 80 | 25 | / |
| 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 | / |
| Pleşea | 73 | 235 | / |
| Plešić | 73 | 198 | / |
| Plešej | 73 | 113 | / |
| Plesia | 73 | 94 | / |
| Please | 73 | 63 | / |
| Plečaš | 73 | 51 | / |
| Pletsa | 73 | 50 | / |
| Pleisa | 73 | 43 | / |
| Plesat | 73 | 9 | / |
| Plecia | 73 | 8 | / |
| Plešer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pleasa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Plešič | 73 | 5 | / |
| Plečas | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pleaze | 73 | 2 | / |
| Plesas | 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 | / |
| Pleases | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pleasea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plechaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plaseah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pellesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plechat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plessaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleesai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleesat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleasee | 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 Pleša
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