Plotan Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plotan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plotan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina1261:28,0674,477
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Plotan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plotan is more frequently found in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Plotan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plotan? popularity and diffusion

Plotan is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname Plotan is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plotan live; 92 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Plotan is most commonly held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 28,067. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Plotan is most frequent in: Republika Srpska, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 4 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plotean9254/
Plotain923/
Plotane921/
Ploton83778/
Platan83448/
Pletan83291/
Plutan835/
Plétan833/
Phloton771,116/
Plotton77521/
Plathan77101/
Plouton7771/
Pletain7728/
Plahtan7726/
Platane7726/
Ploston776/
Plastan773/
Pletaan773/
Plotoon772/
Plothon771/
Plétain771/
Plotone771/
Plattan770/
Plettan770/
Phlotong71710/
Pelletan71600/
Plodtong7165/
Pilloton7139/
Pillatan7112/
Plasztan715/
Pellatan711/
Plothong711/
Ploitoon711/
Pilletan711/
Phlathan711/
Plastane711/
Plottont711/
Platon6716,631/
Pluton67391/
Plotthong67372/
Plodthong67306/
Pleothong67250/
Plotonova67152/
Pliothong67132/
Platanova6730/
Ploythong6729/
Platón6720/
Plutanova6713/
Phloitham675/
Pleton673/
Pillathan672/
Plostotyn672/
Plotoshyn672/
Pléton671/
Plutón671/
Platòn671/
Platam671/
Phlothong671/
Pflastean670/

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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 Plotan
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