Plath Surname
Approximately 8,298 people bear this surname
Plath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,340 | 1:15,076 | 1,981 |
| United States | 1,973 | 1:183,710 | 18,319 |
| Australia | 271 | 1:99,615 | 11,276 |
| Brazil | 136 | 1:1,574,076 | 52,203 |
| Canada | 112 | 1:328,978 | 30,038 |
| Denmark | 92 | 1:61,356 | 6,206 |
| Poland | 91 | 1:417,679 | 44,209 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Switzerland | 47 | 1:174,743 | 15,901 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 208 | 1:241,436 | 20,158 |
Plath Demographics
Average Plath Salary in
United States
$47,654 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Plath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plath Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plath occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Plath? popularity and diffusion
It is the 60,683rd most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 878,229 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Plath reside; 65 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 5,340 people, or 1 in 15,076. In Germany it is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 21 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 10 percent live. Aside from Germany Plath occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Plath Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Plath has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plath last name increased 949 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Plath Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Plath last name are 13.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Plath earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.73% less than the national average, earning 288,171 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.32% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,967 per year; in South Africa they earn 329.73% more than the national average, earning R 1,021,210 per year; in United States they earn 10.44% more than the national average, earning $47,654 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% less than the national average, earning $47,554 CAD per year.
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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 Plath
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