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 can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaatjie? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plaatjie is the 42,797th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 599,206 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Plaatjie are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Plaatjie is also the 308,550th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 716 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 11,654 people, or 1 in 4,649. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent are found, North West, where 16 percent are found and Gauteng, where 12 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 2 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.

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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