# Platon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/platon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 462 |
| US rank (2010) | 46,138 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 668,280 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (312 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian and Ukrainian Платон (Platon).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Platon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 35% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 37% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Pelton, Poulton, Platten, Plotner, Palladino, Paladino, Plowden.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.