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
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
| 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