How common is the surname Platero?

2,002 people in the United States had the surname Platero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. It ranked 14,814th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Platero?

In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Platero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 43% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Platero getting more or less common?

More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,002 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Platero

A surname, carried by 2,002 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Platero is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,002 people named Platero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

#14,814

rank among US surnames

2,002

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+33.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,806	Cottone	2,003	154,142
#14,814	Platero	2,002	154,219
#14,821	Reigle	2,001	154,296

Who is named Platero

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

51% of people named Platero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 43% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51%
American Indian and Alaska Native 43%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Platero

Platero has the Soundex code P436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P436.

Questions

How common is the surname Platero?: 2,002 people in the United States had the surname Platero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. It ranked 14,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Platero?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Platero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 43% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Platero getting more or less common?: More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,002 in 2010, up 33%.