Plätzer Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plätzer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plätzer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4101:196,35522,641
Austria141:608,24554,975
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Platzer (8,793) are calculated separately.

Plätzer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plätzer has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant: Platzer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plätzer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plätzer is the 687,524th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. The last name Plätzer is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Plätzer live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Plätzer is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 196,355. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside, Bavaria, where 19 percent reside and Saxony, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 3 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Plätzer Last Name Statistics demography

Plätzer earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 14.67% more than the national average, earning 396,845 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Platzer958,793/
Pletzer861,211/
Plötzer8644/
Plotzer8639/
Plitzer862/
Plaatzer8054/
Plaetzer8037/
Ploetzer807/
Plattzer800/
Plazer77182/
Plézer77163/
Plötze77132/
Plezer7734/
Plozer7717/
Plotze7710/
Platze771/
Pöllitzer75150/
Pletser71243/
Plajzer71208/
Plazier71140/
Plezier7179/
Pleizer7151/
Ploetze7125/
Plejzer7115/
Platser7110/
Plujzer718/
Pflätscher715/
Pletzerová714/
Placzer713/
Pleitze711/
Plyzzer711/
Poellitzer711/
Platcer710/
Phlezer710/
Pflazer710/
Plotser710/
Playzer710/
Pledzer710/
Pletcher674,621/
Plaizier67548/
Pleizier67234/
Pellizer67221/
Plettser67168/
Pleze6728/
Pellazer6724/
Plattser6717/
Pellezer6714/
Pletsier6713/
Pleyzier679/
Plijzier674/
Pillazer672/
Plethcer671/
Playzier671/
Plitcher670/

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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 Plätzer
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