Plešo Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Plešo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plešo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia221:242,56637,880
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Pleso (87) & Plesó (2) are calculated separately.

Plešo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plešo is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Pleso or Plesó. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plešo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plešo is the 3,957,383rd most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Plešo is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plešo reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Slovakia, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 242,566. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Žilina Region, where 77 percent live and Trnava Region, where 23 percent live. Beside Slovakia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 8 percent live and Czechia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleso9387/
Plesó872/
Pleša801,569/
Plišo80148/
Plašo8011/
Plećo8010/
Plećaš73875/
Plecho73134/
Plečaš7351/
Plesio7320/
Plesso7313/
Plesho732/
Plechoć6745/
Plechot6720/
Plescho6711/
Plesiot671/
Plechou671/

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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 Plešo
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