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 occurs in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Pla or Plà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Plá? popularity and diffusion
The surname Plá is the 2,007,164th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Plá live; 44 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,230,317. In Spain it is primarily found in: Valencian Community, where 42 percent live, Madrid, where 26 percent live and Andalusia, where 11 percent live. Aside from Spain Plá exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 29 percent live and Argentina, where 8 percent live.
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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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