Platzen Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Platzen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 81 | 1:993,895 | 68,573 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Platzen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Platzen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Platzen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Platzen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Platzen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Platzen are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 993,895. In Germany Platzen is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plazen | 92 | 92 | / |
| Pletzen | 86 | 34 | / |
| Platsen | 86 | 23 | / |
| Plötzgen | 80 | 17 | / |
| Pladtsen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Plazon | 77 | 89 | / |
| Placen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Plazan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plezen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pladsen | 71 | 431 | / |
| Platson | 71 | 110 | / |
| Plouzen | 71 | 51 | / |
| Plotsen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pleczen | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pletzin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Plascen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pletsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plazsán | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plaizan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ploetzn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Platcon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Platsang | 67 | 324 | / |
| Plodzien | 67 | 193 | / |
| Pleitgen | 67 | 113 | / |
| Platsing | 67 | 90 | / |
| Platshon | 67 | 19 | / |
| Plodzeen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Phlatson | 67 | 4 | / |
| Plačienė | 67 | 3 | / |
| Platsynd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plotzing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pellazan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Platzen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis