Platjes Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Platjes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platjes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands751:225,16229,957
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Platjes Last Name Facts

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

Platjes has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Platjes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,931,261st most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Platjes live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 225,162. In The Netherlands Platjes is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 99 percent are found and South Holland, where 1 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Platjes Last Name Statistics demography

Platjes earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.33% less than the national average, earning R 61,008 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plaatjes93862/
Platjies93484/
Platje92561/
Plaatjies8825,631/
Plaatijes881/
Plhatjies881/
Plaaitjes881/
Plaatjese881/
Plattjies881/
Plaatje86247/
Platjie86215/
Plattje8663/
Platyes8627/
Platjee867/
Platjis861/
Plaaitjies82532/
Plaaatjies821/
Plaatjie8012,162/
Plaaties804/
Plaatjis801/
Platseas801/
Plaatjee801/
Places77723/
Platsi77104/
Plages7723/
Platjé779/
Platie777/
Platji772/
Plazes772/
Platja771/
Plases771/
Platze771/
Platye770/
Plaaitjie7576/
Plaatyies7510/
Plaatches752/
Plaatjied751/
Platcheus751/
Plaatjiez751/
Plaatsies751/
Plaatties751/
Plaadtjie751/
Platzer718,793/
Placesh711,978/
Platsis71282/
Platier71100/
Plagges7127/
Platyie7113/
Platija7112/
Plattie716/
Phlatsi716/
Platsai715/
Plautze715/
Plagese713/
Pleases712/
Plaatye712/
Phlages712/
Plaatji712/
Phlatse711/
Platyer711/
Placees711/
Plaatie711/
Plaatjé711/
Plaatge710/
Plaze67273/
Plaatyie6793/
Plattier6766/
Plaatzer6754/
Plathier6736/
Plagesse679/
Plaatsie671/
Plaathie671/
Ploosjes671/
Plastier671/
Plaajtie671/
Pleities671/
Plattzer670/

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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 Platjes
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