Pleše Surname

361,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pleše Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pleše Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia9511:4,446528
Slovenia411:60,6759,198
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Plese (824) are calculated separately.

Pleše Last Name Facts

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

Pleše occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Plese. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleše? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 361,434th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,280,266 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pleše live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is carried by 951 people, or 1 in 4,446. In Croatia it is most common in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 36 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 27 percent are found and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Croatia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 4 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plese93824/
Plešej91113/
Plešer916/
Pleš89207/
Pleša801,569/
Plees80195/
Pleze8028/
Pleße8014/
Plece807/
Plešs802/
Pleeß801/
Plesea731,350/
Plesse73829/
Pleace73291/
Pleşea73235/
Plešić73198/
Plecer73160/
Pleche73133/
Pleece73126/
Pleshe73118/
Please7363/
Plesce7353/
Pleßer7350/
Pleuse7344/
Pleşer7342/
Pleets7339/
Plesie7333/
Pleser7324/
Pleesz7323/
Pelleš7318/
Pleise7312/
Pleice7312/
Pleces7311/
Pleesi738/
Ploese737/
Plešič735/
Pleaze732/
Pleech732/
Plasee732/
Pleses732/
Pleese732/
Phlees731/
Pleeys731/
Pleess731/
Plehse731/
Ploece731/
Placee730/
Plaece730/
Ples672,114/
Plesser67647/
Plez67627/
Pleß67598/
Pleş67296/
Pletser67243/
Plessie67219/
Plecher67151/
Plesset67100/
Plesher6760/
Plesier6759/
Plesche6746/
Pleiser6744/
Plesetz6732/
Plescei6719/
Pleisse6715/
Plesseu6713/
Pliš6712/
Pleś6711/
Plessey6710/
Plechey679/
Pleshet677/
Plex674/
Pleased674/
Ploysee674/
Pleasea672/
Plyš672/
Pleases672/
Plesses672/
Pleeshh671/
Puylese671/
Pellece671/
Pleasee671/
Pletche671/
Pleseer671/
Plessed671/
Pleuseu671/
Pleesai671/
Pleesis671/
Phylece671/
Pleaser670/
Plassee670/
Plechet670/
Pleasey670/

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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
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  • 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 Pleše
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