Plaatjies Surname

21,275th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,631 people bear this surname

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

Plaatjies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plaatjies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa25,0101:2,166273
Namibia5211:4,625851
England481:1,160,79354,689
Lesotho141:145,18312,726
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Iceland31:126,6975,403
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Plaatjies (23) may also be a first name.

Plaatjies Last Name Facts

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

Plaatjies occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plaatjies? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 21,275th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 284,325 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Plaatjies live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Plaatjies is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 25,010 people, or 1 in 2,166. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 47 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Plaatjies Last Name Statistics demography

Plaatjies earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.18% less than the national average, earning R 135,024 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 Plaatjies
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