Platakis Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Platakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2011:55,1239,166
Lithuania521:58,3579,011
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Platakis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Platakis (Russian: Платакис) has its highest incidence in Greece. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Platakis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 919,444th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Platakis are found; 70 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 70 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 55,123. In Greece Platakis is primarily concentrated in: Crete, where 81 percent are found, Attica, where 18 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Lithuania, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Platakis Last Name Statistics demography

Platakis earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 18.9% less than the national average, earning $40,294 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Platakis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Platakis in the Russian language
Платакисplatakis-

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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 Platakis
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