Platu Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Platu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Plätu (1) are calculated separately.
Platu (14) may also be a first name.
Platu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Platu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Platu (Hindi: पल्टू, Russian: Плату) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Plätu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Platu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Platu live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Gombe, where 89 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 15 percent reside and Belarus, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plätu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Platou | 91 | 372 | / |
| Platus | 91 | 61 | / |
| Platau | 91 | 51 | / |
| Plateu | 91 | 12 | / |
| Platui | 91 | 3 | / |
| Plataux | 83 | 91 | / |
| Plattau | 83 | 63 | / |
| Plattus | 83 | 33 | / |
| Plateus | 83 | 14 | / |
| Plastus | 83 | 9 | / |
| Plaitou | 83 | 4 | / |
| Plataut | 83 | 2 | / |
| Plastut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Plathau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Plotu | 80 | 71 | / |
| Pletu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Pillaitu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Plottu | 73 | 34 | / |
| Platoe | 73 | 27 | / |
| Pletou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Platão | 73 | 2 | / |
| Plethu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plotus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plletu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Platthaus | 71 | 99 | / |
| Plettau | 67 | 218 | / |
| Ploutou | 67 | 32 | / |
| Plathoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pillotu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plahtoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plattoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pluitou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plattoe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pillettu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ploythup | 62 | 1 | / |
Platu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Platu in the Hindi language | ||
| पल्टू | paltu | - |
| Platu in the Russian language | ||
| Плату | platu | - |
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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 Platu
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