Platanakis Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Platanakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 56 | 1:197,853 | 31,389 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Platanakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Platanakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Platanakis occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Platanakis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Platanakis is the 2,460,878th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Platanakis reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
Platanakis is most commonly used in Greece, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 197,853. In Greece Platanakis is most prevalent in: Attica, where 55 percent live, Crete, where 43 percent live and South Aegean, where 2 percent live. Not including Greece this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platanaki | 95 | 56 | / |
| Platinakis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Ploutinakis | 76 | 29 | / |
| Paltanackas | 76 | 1 | / |
| Platnieks | 74 | 5 | / |
| Ploytanks | 74 | 1 | / |
| Platings | 67 | 11 | / |
| Baladinakis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Plitniks | 67 | 3 | / |
| Plotniks | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Platanakis
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