Plášek Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Plášek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plášek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia3211:33,1265,395
Slovakia451:118,58822,142

The alternate forms: Plašek (48) & Plasek (388) are calculated separately.

Plášek Last Name Facts

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

Plášek is found most frequently in Czechia. It may appear in the variant forms: Plašek or Plasek. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plášek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plášek is the 775,315th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,911,328 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plášek are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Czechia, where it is carried by 321 people, or 1 in 33,126. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Zlín Region, where 51 percent are found, Olomouc Region, where 14 percent are found and South Moravian Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Czechia Plášek is found in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plašek9448/
Plasek89388/
Plošek8312/
Pláček832/
Plášeková8012/
Plháček7711/
Plášková71333/
Placek674,984/
Plaček671,109/
Plocek67809/
Plazek67284/
Plašeková679/
Plosek677/
Plozek672/
Ploček671/

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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 Plášek
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