Plá Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Plá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Pla (22,384) & Plà (16) are calculated separately.
Plá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plá Come From? nationality or country of origin
Plá is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pla or Plà. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plá? popularity and diffusion
The surname Plá is the 2,007,164th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Plá are found; 44 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
It is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,230,317. In Spain Plá is most numerous in: Valencian Community, where 42 percent are found, Madrid, where 26 percent are found and Andalusia, where 11 percent are found. Other than Spain this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 29 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Plá
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