Platt Surname
Approximately 51,764 people bear this surname
Platt Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller on a Flat [French plat; v. under Plater] Du Plat (Duplat) is now rather rare in France.
(English) Dweller at a Plot of ground [Middle English plat(t, apparently from Old English plot, with the Middle English spelling influenced by French plat] Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground.
Read More About This SurnamePlatt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29,179 | 1:12,422 | 1,543 |
| England | 12,169 | 1:4,579 | 626 |
| Australia | 2,567 | 1:10,516 | 1,560 |
| Canada | 1,409 | 1:26,150 | 3,506 |
| Germany | 1,356 | 1:59,370 | 7,660 |
| South Africa | 692 | 1:78,291 | 9,706 |
| Wales | 544 | 1:5,688 | 635 |
| Mexico | 482 | 1:257,523 | 6,245 |
| New Zealand | 470 | 1:9,635 | 1,683 |
| Namibia | 404 | 1:5,964 | 1,155 |
| Scotland | 368 | 1:14,548 | 1,845 |
| Northern Ireland | 244 | 1:7,562 | 1,297 |
| Brazil | 206 | 1:1,039,196 | 36,605 |
| Jamaica | 201 | 1:14,278 | 1,399 |
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| Thailand | 158 | 1:447,078 | 78,527 |
| Austria | 143 | 1:59,548 | 9,304 |
| Venezuela | 100 | 1:302,041 | 6,944 |
| Ireland | 84 | 1:56,059 | 3,870 |
| Poland | 74 | 1:513,632 | 49,911 |
| Israel | 61 | 1:140,289 | 14,966 |
| Spain | 60 | 1:779,201 | 32,544 |
| Isle of Man | 60 | 1:1,430 | 247 |
| Switzerland | 45 | 1:182,509 | 16,410 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Cuba | 36 | 1:320,075 | 5,584 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Belarus | 18 | 1:527,837 | 48,523 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Ecuador | 17 | 1:935,638 | 14,108 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 1:18,400 | 1,110 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 225 | 1:19,688 | 2,339 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7,362 | 1:3,311 | 472 |
| Wales | 144 | 1:10,892 | 665 |
| Scotland | 72 | 1:51,989 | 3,520 |
| Guernsey | 9 | 1:3,628 | 639 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,607 | 1:7,601 | 972 |
Platt (166) may also be a first name.
Platt Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller on a Flat [French plat; v. under Plater] Du Plat (Duplat) is now rather rare in France.
(English) Dweller at a Plot of ground [Middle English plat(t, apparently from Old English plot, with the Middle English spelling influenced by French plat] Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground.—II. Kings, ix. 26.
Roger del PLatin—Plac. Dom. Cap. Westm.
Geoffrey de Platte.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1285.
Small Field (Plot).
(English) One who lived on, or worked, a small piece of ground or patch; dweller near a small footbridge over a stream.
1. A corruption of Plott; sometimes a piece of flat ground. 2. A place, situation. North. 3. A small piece of ground. South.
Gislebert de Platea, Normandy 1198(Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Adam, Richard Plot, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the German, Platt; from the Swedish, Plaate; from the Dutch, Platte; a personal name.
Platt: low-lying ground. Now we speak of a garden plot—actually plat. This word remains in surnames.
The name of Platt was represented in the county 250 years ago (A.).
Platt Demographics
Average Male Platt Height
177.34 cm
Average Female Platt Height
162.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Platt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Platt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Platt (Arabic: بلات, Russian: Платт) occurs most in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Platt.
How Common Is The Last Name Platt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,844th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 140,784 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Platt live; 60 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. Platt is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 166 people.
Platt is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 29,179 people, or 1 in 12,422. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 92 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
Platt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Platt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Platt last name grew 442 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 378 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 511 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 63 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Platt Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (51%) in Ireland and Latin Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Platt last name are 12.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Platt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.47% more than the national average, earning 347,696 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 87.19% more than the national average, earning R 444,828 per year; in United States they earn 5.89% more than the national average, earning $45,690 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.64% more than the national average, earning $55,961 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Platt Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Platt in the Russian language | ||
| Платт | platt | - |
| Platt in the Arabic language | ||
| بلات | blat | - |
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