The surname Platon
A French surname, carried by 462 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P435 Also a first name
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian and Ukrainian Платон (Platon).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 462 people named Platon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 668,280 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 312.
Who is named Platon
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
37% of people named Platon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 35%
- White (not Hispanic) 24%
- Two or more races 1.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Platon has the Soundex code P435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P435.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Platon come from?
- Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian and Ukrainian Платон (Platon).
- How common is the surname Platon?
- 462 people in the United States had the surname Platon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 668,280 Americans. It ranked 46,138th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Platon?
- In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Platon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Platon getting more or less common?
- More common. 312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 462 in 2010, up 48%.
- Is Platon also a first name?
- Yes. Platon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.