The Pla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 936 people carried this name — #26,143 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 15% from 813 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,153 people named Pla live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,004 people named Pla.
181 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Pla live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Pla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marquis of Amboage 1823–1892 · slave trader -
Cecilio Pla 1860–1934 · painter -
Narcís Pla i Deniel 1867–1934 · lawyer -
Alberto Pla y Rubio 1867–1937 · painter -
Xan Pla Zubiri 1874–1936 · poet -
Pau Pla d. 1601
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pla.
- Pizza 931 · U.S. census
- Pizzi 1,431 · U.S. census
- Pizzini 457 · U.S. census
- Pizzo 3,161 · U.S. census
- Pizzolato 631 · U.S. census
- Pizzuto 1,193 · U.S. census
- Place 7,251 · U.S. census
- Placide 725 · U.S. census
- Plain 1,159 · U.S. census
- Plaine 158 · U.S. census
- Plaisance 2,822 · U.S. census
- Plaisir 249 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pla is.
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