The Plana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 255 people carried this name — #75,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 15% from 222 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 561 people named Plana 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 311 people named Plana.
78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Gironde.
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
23 people named Plana live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Plana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Plana 1781–1864 · astronomer -
Antonia Plana 1889–1952 · actor -
Alexandre Plana 1889–1940 · writer -
Ignasi Plana i Fontana d. 1811 · writer
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Juan Crisóstomo Plana Salas 1680–1752 · Latin Catholic priest
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Juan Crisóstomo Plana Salas 1680–1752 · Latin Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Plana.
- 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
- Plan 199 · U.S. census
- Planas 1,319 · U.S. census
- Planchard 140 · U.S. census
- Planche 129 · U.S. census
- Plancher 168 · U.S. census
- Planchon 205 · U.S. census
- Plancon 107 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Plana is.
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