Platanos Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Platanos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platanos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2571:43,1126,960
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Plátanos (1) are calculated separately.

Platanos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Platanos is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Plátanos. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Platanos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 881,213th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. Platanos is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Platanos are found; 84 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Platanos is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 43,112. In Greece Platanos is primarily found in: Thessaly, where 43 percent are found, Western Greece, where 22 percent are found and Attica, where 16 percent are found. Barring Greece it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Platanos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Platanos last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Platanos earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.04% less than the national average, earning $40,975 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plátanos961/
Platano93205/
Plaitano88583/
Platanas8883/
Platonos8872/
Platanou8849/
Plateano8814/
Plastano885/
Plaïtano881/
Platana80159/
Plátano8031/
Platono802/
Platonas7519/
Platauna7511/
Platonoa752/
Platonus751/
Platonoy751/
Ploytanod712/
Platona67127/
Plathanath671/
Platonau6312/
Ploytanad591/
Phloitonot5682/
Platohhina561/

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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 Platanos
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