How common is the surname Plate?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Plate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plate?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Plate most common?

Wikidata records people named Plate in the United States.

Is the surname Plate getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, down 9.8%.

The surname Plate

A surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plate is more common than 87.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,293 people named Plate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is down 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,434.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-9.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,960)

Who is named Plate

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Plate identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plates

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Plate
American drummer, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plate

Plate has the Soundex code P430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P430.

Questions

How common is the surname Plate?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Plate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plate?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plate?: Jeff Plate, American drummer.
Where is the surname Plate most common?: Wikidata records people named Plate in the United States.
Is the surname Plate getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, down 9.8%.