Platinga Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Platinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Platinga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Platinga is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Platinga? popularity and diffusion

Platinga is the 7,117,718th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Platinga occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Platinga reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Platinga is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 33 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 33 percent are found and Michigan, where 33 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and Norway, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Platina93329/
Plastina881,420/
Plautina8891/
Platinas881/
Platenga881/
Planga86383/
Platingos822/
Platuhina821/
Platino802,858/
Plangaj80142/
Plotina80111/
Plangga8015/
Platiña801/
Platyna801/
Plangas801/
Plangat801/
Plaingo801/
Plaisingha784/
Platohhina781/
Phlotnga7557/
Plautyna7517/
Platenau7513/
Platinos756/
Plostina754/
Plautino752/
Planggay751/
Plang'at751/
Plástina751/
Plyotina751/
Phlatinot7154/
Plango7122/
Phlotngat715/
Plachtyna715/
Plotino67134/
Plateña6724/
Plotiña675/
Platiño672/
Plotiņa671/
Plateno671/
Phlonga671/
Plounga671/

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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 Platinga
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