Platzen Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Platzen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Platzen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany811:993,89568,573
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Platzen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Platzen occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Platzen.

How Common Is The Last Name Platzen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,034,059th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Platzen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Platzen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Platzen is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 993,895. In Germany Platzen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plazen9292/
Pletzen8634/
Platsen8623/
Plötzgen8017/
Pladtsen800/
Plazon7789/
Placen774/
Plazan771/
Plezen771/
Pladsen71431/
Platson71110/
Plouzen7151/
Plotsen717/
Pleczen713/
Pletzin712/
Plascen711/
Pletsen711/
Plazsán711/
Plaizan711/
Ploetzn711/
Platcon711/
Platsang67324/
Plodzien67193/
Pleitgen67113/
Platsing6790/
Platshon6719/
Plodzeen6712/
Phlatson674/
Plačienė673/
Platsynd671/
Plotzing671/
Pellazan671/

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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
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