Platjie Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Platjie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platjie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2151:251,98925,579

Platjie (94) may also be a first name.

Platjie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Platjie is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Platjie? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,125,333rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Platjie are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 980,251st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 94 people.

Platjie is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 251,989. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 40 percent are found, North West, where 16 percent are found and Western Cape, where 16 percent are found.

Platjie Last Name Statistics demography

Platjie earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.25% less than the national average, earning R 73,080 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 Platjie
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