Plato Surname

116,772nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,946 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Plato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3111:276,47525,849
Germany3631:221,77824,859
South Africa3301:164,17518,364
Canada3081:119,62912,601
Guatemala1681:95,7302,882
Poland1621:234,62230,119
Israel1591:53,8227,013
Sweden1481:66,5325,074
Panama1101:35,5661,963
England1091:511,17532,340
Iran991:775,58139,259
Russia851:1,695,565111,577
New Zealand731:62,0329,583
Liberia641:68,8835,877
Suriname511:10,8362,716
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Estonia381:34,7846,408
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha291:20243
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Trinidad and Tobago181:75,7765,658
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
India151:51,137,692512,385
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Latvia81:256,25623,728
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51:22,532985
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
China51:273,464,31313,838
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Montserrat21:2,474299
France21:33,211,361423,184
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3051:164,65114,949

The alternate forms: Platô (2) are calculated separately.

Plato (1,139) may also be a first name.

Plato Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plato (Georgian: პლატო, Hindi: प्लाटो, Russian: Плато) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Platô. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plato? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 116,772nd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,846,819 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Plato live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 235,856th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 1,139 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,311 people, or 1 in 276,475. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 13 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in 77 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.

Plato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plato has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Plato surname rose 430 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 266 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plato Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plato last name are 21.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.06% registered with the party.

The amount Plato earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 1484.48% more than the national average, earning S/. 307,152 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.47% less than the national average, earning R 150,972 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.85% more than the national average, earning $24,485,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $43,864 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.71% more than the national average, earning $51,524 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Platô932/
Platou91372/
Platto91338/
Plasto91335/
Playto91106/
Platoš9194/
Platos9181/
Platoi9113/
Plauto9111/
Plaito912/
Plyato911/
Platot911/
Platoz911/
Platoh911/
Plahto910/
Platosz8344/
Platosh8342/
Platoch8339/
Phlaito8334/
Phlatho8331/
Plaitho8316/
Plattos8313/
Platoip835/
Plastoi834/
Pillato834/
Plaitou834/
Pllatto833/
Plattot831/
Plattoo831/
Platois831/
Pellato831/
Plata8072,757/
Ploto8041/
Platā802/
Platá801/
Phlaitho77575/
Pillatos7714/
Pillatto7711/
Pliastos779/
Phlaytho772/
Pelliato771/
Plastosz771/
Plliatoh771/
Platas737,402/
Platta73582/
Pleyto73165/
Plauta73141/
Platat7359/
Platau7351/
Plataz7343/
Platah7342/
Plotto7340/
Plajta7325/
Plotho7323/
Plasta7322/
Plateu7312/
Plahta739/
Ployto739/
Plyata737/
Platač735/
Plaata735/
Płatos735/
Pleito733/
Plotoh732/
Pladta731/
Plotos731/
Plioto731/
Platha731/
Plooto731/
Ploito730/
Playta730/
Platohova711/
Plachta671,411/
Platash67286/
Phlotop67273/
Phlotat67211/
Plataux6791/
Plattau6763/
Pillata6735/
Ploutos6735/
Pilloto6734/
Platach6732/
Ploutou6732/
Platajs6726/
Phloito6714/
Pellata6710/
Plastas679/
Platacz679/
Plautha676/
Plotast673/
Plyatas673/
Plataut672/
Plahata671/
Pplotto671/
Platačs671/
Plausta671/
Plathau671/
Plottos671/
Ploitho671/

Plato Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plato in the Georgian language
პლატოplato-
Plato in the Hindi language
प्लाटोplato-
Plato in the Russian language
Платоplato-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plato
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