Plate Surname

54,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,3831:14,9561,956
United States1,9391:186,93118,583
Brazil3111:688,34225,342
Australia2351:114,87512,758
Netherlands2121:79,65613,403
Italy1831:334,19040,374
Argentina1771:241,48819,632
Sweden1581:62,3214,772
Paraguay1111:65,1961,750
Latvia821:25,0013,819
Canada601:614,09350,489
Russia561:2,573,626147,394
France521:1,277,360130,443
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
England271:2,063,63279,942
Peru271:1,177,19020,369
Chile201:880,82418,509
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Belgium181:638,70256,744
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Niger151:1,279,46826,841
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
India141:54,790,384527,769
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
China51:273,464,31313,838
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3931:127,78312,315

The alternate forms: Platè (15), Platé (11) & Plāte (4) are calculated separately.

Plate (67) may also be a first name.

Plate Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plate (Arabic: بليت, Marathi: पलाटे, Russian: Платэ) occurs most in Germany. It can be found as a variant: Platè, Platé or Plāte. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plate? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plate is the 54,784th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 784,704 people. The last name Plate is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Plate live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,191,548th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 67 people.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 5,383 people, or 1 in 14,956. In Germany Plate is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 43 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent live. Outside of Germany Plate is found in 65 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Plate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plate has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plate surname rose 493 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plate Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plate last name are 17.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.66% registered with the party.

The amount Plate earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 299.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 77,522 per year; in South Africa they earn 10.19% less than the national average, earning R 213,432 per year; in United States they earn 11.48% more than the national average, earning $48,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.06% more than the national average, earning $66,604 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Platè9315/
Platé9311/
Plāte934/
Platte914,214/
Plater913,125/
Platje91561/
Plathe91474/
Plates91349/
Platet91311/
Plaate91151/
Plaete9182/
Plahte9152/
Plaute9147/
Plaste9139/
Platey9123/
Platea9112/
Plateu9112/
Plateh9112/
Platez918/
Platie917/
Pleate916/
Platee916/
Plhate915/
Pláate914/
Plyate911/
Platei911/
Phlate911/
Playte910/
Plaite910/
Plat893,942/
Plaster834,547/
Platter832,584/
Playter83633/
Plathey83360/
Plaatje83247/
Plattes83235/
Plattje8363/
Plattet8351/
Plaiter8333/
Plachte8332/
Plasted8331/
Plauter8326/
Plateis8318/
Plahter8316/
Plather8315/
Pillate8313/
Pellate8312/
Platets8310/
Plattey8310/
Plattie836/
Plaitez835/
Plaites833/
Plaited832/
Plaiste832/
Playtez832/
Playtes832/
Plaethe832/
Plattee831/
Bhplate831/
Pla'ate831/
Plaatie831/
Plathes831/
Pleatea831/
Plaatge830/
Platthe830/
Plauthe830/
Plattej830/
Plata8072,757/
Platt8051,764/
Plath808,298/
Plati803,006/
Plaut802,271/
Plast801,837/
Plete80972/
Plaat80494/
Plait80352/
Plote80252/
Platy80187/
Plats80140/
Pleat80121/
Plite8059/
Phlat8053/
Plaht8028/
Plyat8026/
Pladt8014/
Plajt809/
Platì807/
Playt806/
Pliat803/
Plašt802/
Platá801/
Plaisted772,273/
Plaister77363/
Pflaster77186/
Plachter77118/
Playsted7793/
Plauster7719/
Plasterr7717/
Playotes7715/
Platteis7714/
Plastech775/
Pliasted773/
Playtech773/
Pleasted772/
Pellatte772/
Plachtej771/
Plasster771/
Platther771/
Plauther771/
Phlathep771/
Pellater771/
Plaajtie771/
Plateisz771/
Plaathie771/
Plastead770/
Plaistea770/
Plasthed770/
Pleaster770/
Platts736,932/
Plautz732,614/
Platis732,106/
Pletea732,089/
Platyi73942/
Pellat73896/
Pleite73625/
Platta73582/
Pillat73473/
Placht73400/
Plette73352/
Pleyte73248/
Phlaat73242/
Plauth73241/
Phlyat73161/
Platti73146/
Plitea73142/
Plauta73141/
Plyats73123/
Plothe73118/
Plaiti73112/
Pliete7387/
Plaats7378/
Plotea7363/
Platio7334/
Ploter7327/
Pliats7326/
Plajta7325/
Plotes7321/
Plasti7317/
Plathi7313/
Platoi7313/
Platai7312/
Platiz7312/
Plahti7310/
Plathy7310/
Plyata737/
Plaath737/
Platip736/
Platit735/
Plauts735/
Plaata735/
Pyllat734/
Plahty733/
Pleats733/
Plautt733/
Platui733/
Plaith732/
Platty732/
Plattz732/
Plauti732/
Platté732/
Plaati732/
Plyatt731/
Platha731/
Pliath731/
Ploute731/
Plotte731/
Platss731/
Plaits731/
Plaust731/
Pllaut731/
Pïlote731/
Plautj731/
Plaait731/
Pladta731/
Platch730/
Pllatt730/
Plauty730/
Playta730/
Plaatz730/
Plitte730/
Pleete730/
Pletey730/
Plaatt730/
Phlatt730/
Plotee730/
Plitey730/
Plastt730/
Playstead7116/
Pilliater712/
Plaistead711/
Pellejate711/
Plaistedt710/
Pleitez677,299/
Platova673,041/
Plot671,866/
Pellati671,245/
Pleites671,193/
Pellatt67857/
Pleiter67834/
Pöllath67742/
Pillati67650/
Pillath67329/
Plaitis67283/
Plaatyi67238/
Platais67205/
Platsch67204/
Pleijte67192/
Piollat67185/
Pleytez67180/
Plathip67146/
Platthy67133/
Pellatz67130/
Platych6783/
Pleyter6769/
Plad6768/
Pluyter6765/
Plotter6759/
Pillote6756/
Pleytes6748/
Pillatt6739/
Pillata6735/
Plottes6734/
Phlatts6732/
Platays6729/
Pleuter6729/
Plát6728/
Platajs6726/
Puillat6720/
Playtis6718/
Platová6717/
Pilliat6716/
Pelliat6714/
Pillatz6714/
Platich6712/
Pillaty6711/
Pellata6710/
Plehaty679/
Plattis678/
Ploytes677/
Plautha676/
Plahtiy675/
Pellote675/
Pillete675/
Platoip675/
Pellath675/
Plahtii674/
Plastis674/
Pillaut674/
Plastoi674/
Pillait673/
Ploster673/
Plother673/
Plaiata673/
Plottet673/
Plehati673/
Plodtep673/
Plaitip672/
Ployted672/
Pellete671/
Pellite671/
Plahata671/
Plastii671/
Platish671/
Platt's671/
Plausst671/
Pleauth671/
Pleitee671/
Pellaty671/
Platois671/
Plachti671/
Poellat671/
Plötter671/
Plottey671/
Pillayt671/
Platysh671/
Plajati671/
Ploited671/
Ployter670/
Pellast670/

Plate Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plate in the Marathi language
पलाटेpalate66.67
ाटेate33.33
Plate in the Russian language
Платэplate-
Plate in the Arabic language
بليتblyt-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plate
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