Platschek Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

Platschek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platschek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Austria181:473,08046,251
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Platschek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Platschek is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Platschek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Platschek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,491,356th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Platschek are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 1,006,318. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 43 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Austria, where 13 percent live.

Platschek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Platschek has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 680 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Platschek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Platschek surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

Platschek earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.99% more than the national average, earning $48,321 USD 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
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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 Platschek
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