Platanakis Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Platanakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Platanakis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece561:197,85331,389
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Platanakis Last Name Facts

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

Platanakis has its highest incidence in Greece. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Platanakis.

How Common Is The Last Name Platanakis? popularity and diffusion

Platanakis is the 2,460,878th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Platanakis live; 92 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most common in Greece, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 197,853. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 55 percent are found, Crete, where 43 percent are found and South Aegean, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Greece Platanakis exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Platanaki9556/
Platinakis901/
Ploutinakis7629/
Paltanackas761/
Platnieks745/
Ploytanks741/
Platings6711/
Baladinakis674/
Plitniks673/
Plotniks671/

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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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