Plaatjie Surname

42,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Plaatjie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaatjie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11,6541:4,649595
Botswana2811:7,7831,364
Namibia1821:13,2382,440
England251:2,228,72284,230
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Plaatjie (716) may also be a first name.

Plaatjie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Plaatjie Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Plaatjie is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaatjie? popularity and diffusion

It is the 42,797th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 599,206 people. Plaatjie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Plaatjie reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 308,550th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 716 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 11,654 people, or 1 in 4,649. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent reside, North West, where 16 percent reside and Gauteng, where 12 percent reside. Not including South Africa Plaatjie is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 2 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.

Plaatjie Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Plaatjie earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 47.35% less than the national average, earning R 125,124 per year and in United States they earn 30.35% less than the national average, earning $30,054 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plaatjie
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