How common is the surname Plath?

1,553 people in the United States had the surname Plath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. It ranked 17,980th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plath?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Plath?

Sylvia Plath, American poet and writer (1932–1963).

Where is the surname Plath most common?

Wikidata records people named Plath in the United States.

Is the surname Plath getting more or less common?

More common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,553 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Plath

A surname, carried by 1,553 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). Plath is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,553 people named Plath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,458.

#17,980

rank among US surnames

1,553

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,719)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,975	Archila	1,554	198,678
#17,980	Plath	1,553	198,806

Who is named Plath

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

93% of people named Plath identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plaths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plath

Plath 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 Plath?: 1,553 people in the United States had the surname Plath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. It ranked 17,980th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plath?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plath?: Sylvia Plath, American poet and writer (1932–1963).
Where is the surname Plath most common?: Wikidata records people named Plath in the United States.
Is the surname Plath getting more or less common?: More common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,553 in 2010, up 6.5%.