Platjouw Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Platjouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platjouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1741:97,05315,823
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Platjouw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Platjouw is found most in The Netherlands. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Platjouw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,248,410th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Platjouw live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 97,053. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 37 percent live, Zeeland, where 18 percent live and North Brabant, where 17 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Platjow931/
Platjauw881/
Plateouw881/
Platcow8046/
Plateeuw751/
Platteeuw71988/
Plascow6712/
Platsov672/
Plattsov632/
Platzova631/
Platzhoff5938/
Plazov5711/
Plasov571/
Plyasov53446/
Plazova538/
Pleacof532/
Plyasof531/
Plotsov531/
Plotcov531/
Plascoff5015/
Plottsov5012/
Pleacoff502/
Plaisawt501/
Pletyhov501/

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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 Platjouw
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