Pleva

See also: pleva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Pleva.

Proper noun

Pleva (plural Plevas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pleva is the 36204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 619 individuals. Pleva is most common among White (94.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pleva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛva]

Proper noun

Pleva m anim (female equivalent Plevová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Pleva (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Pleva	Plevové
genitive	Plevy	Plevů
dative	Plevovi	Plevům
accusative	Plevu	Plevy
vocative	Plevo	Plevové
locative	Plevovi	Plevech
instrumental	Plevou	Plevy

Further reading

• “Pleva”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʎeva]

Proper noun

Pleva m pers (female equivalent Plevová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Pleva (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Pleva	Plevovia	Plevovci
genitive	Plevu	Plevov	Plevovcov
dative	Plevovi	Plevom	Plevovcom
accusative	Plevu	Plevov	Plevovcov
locative	Plevovi	Plevoch	Plevovcoch
instrumental	Plevom	Plevami	Plevovcami

Further reading

• “Pleva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025