Plješa Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Plješa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plješa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia381:111,27917,038
Serbia161:446,55918,714
Slovenia51:497,53521,006

The alternate forms: Pljesa (5) are calculated separately.

Plješa Last Name Facts

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

Plješa occurs most in Croatia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Pljesa. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plješa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plješa is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plješa reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 111,279. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 84 percent are found, Lika-Senj County, where 8 percent are found and Istria County, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Croatia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 27 percent are found and Slovenia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pljesa945/
Pleša911,569/
Pleš80207/
Plješić7718/
Plesa737,359/
Pleşa731,191/
Pleše731,001/
Pleas73807/
Pleșa73624/
Páleš73506/
Palša73201/
Peleš73166/
Bleša7380/
Paleš7353/
Poleš7336/
Plešo7325/
Pleßa7313/
Pleza739/
Pěleš733/
Pálša733/
Pleaz732/
Plešs732/
Pláša731/
Pluša731/
Pelša731/
Pleża731/
Pulša731/
Poljaeza711/
Pelesa671,714/
Plesea671,350/
Plessa67716/
Poleza67621/
Plezia67522/
Palesa67434/
Pleass67318/
Polesa67313/
Pleace67291/
Pleşea67235/
Pleșea67141/
Peleza6785/
Puljas6773/
Pelcea6770/
Paleza6764/
Please6763/
Peleaz6755/
Pleasu6746/
Pleisa6743/
Piluša6730/
Piljaš6729/
Paljoš6729/
Plusje6725/
Puleza6723/
Pelleš6718/
Piljas6712/
Pilesa6711/
Palcea6710/
Pleasa676/
Peleas676/
Pileas675/
Paleaz675/
Paleas673/
Paljas672/
Pleåža672/
Pleaze672/
Ple Sa671/
Placea671/
Pelzea671/
Paljuš671/
Pleaşă671/
Pelsea670/
Plesytsa571/
Plechisha531/
Pleaisier531/
Pliesi501/

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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 Plješa
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