Last name Placzek (Placzek 
, Плачек 
) , around the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Placzek is habitual in Poland, where it is quite a rare surname, Germany, and Czechia, where it is a rare surname. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Germany, Poland, and the United States. More frequently, Placzek is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Placzek | Germany, Czechia, United States, Poland, France |
| Плачек | Ukraine |
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baruch placzek Moravian rabbi, CZ (b. 1834) |
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| abraham placzek CZ (b. 1799) |
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georg placzek physicist (1905-1955), CZ (b. 1905) |
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| adolf placzek holocaust victim, b. 1859-07-01, CZ (b. 1859) |
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| rosa placzek holocaust victim, b. 1861-08-09, DE (b. 1861) |
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| lipka placzek holocaust victim, b. 1863-05-26, CZ (b. 1863) |
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| marie placzek holocaust victim, b. 1863-08-21 (b. 1863) |
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| emilie placzek holocaust victim, b. 1866-03-01, AT (b. 1866) |
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| siegfried placzek German neurologist (1866-1946), PL (b. 1866) |
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| josef placzek holocaust victim, b. 1868-03-15, CZ (b. 1868) |
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| alfred placzek holocaust victim, b. 1870-09-11, CZ (b. 1870) |
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| fanny placzek holocaust victim, b. 1870-01-21, AT (b. 1870) |
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| arnold placzek holocaust victim, b. 1871-10-24, CZ (b. 1871) |
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| rosa placzek holocaust victim, b. 1878-10-11, AT (b. 1878) |
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| otto placzek German sculptor, DE (b. 1884) |
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