Family name Placa (Plack 
, Placa 
, Plaka 
) , around the globe, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Placa is characteristic of Albania, where it is quite a common surname, Eswatini, where it is quite a rare surname, and Greece. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Germany, the United States, and Greece. Much less frequently, Placa is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Plack | Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany, Egypt |
| Placa | Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany, Philippines |
| Plaka | United States, Greece, Germany, Albania, Philippines |
| Placke | Switzerland, Belgium, United States, Germany, Spain |
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alfredo la placa Distinguished Bolivian artist (1929-2016), BO (b. 1929) |
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alan placa American priest |
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| jean-pierre la placa Swiss footballer, CH (b. 1973) |
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| michelangelo la placa researcher |
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| pietro la placa researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5402-2510) |
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| franco placa researcher |
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| joe la placa American art dealer in London |
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