How common is the surname Platt?

18,022 people in the United States had the surname Platt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,132 Americans. It ranked 2,006th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Platt?

Ben Platt, American actor and singer (born 1993), followed by Edward Platt.

Where is the surname Platt most common?

Wikidata records people named Platt in the United States, Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Platt getting more or less common?

Less common. 18,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,022 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Platt

A place surname, carried by 18,022 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). Platt is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).

Platt is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,022 people named Platt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,132 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,376.

#2,006

rank among US surnames

18,022

people in 2010

6.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,793)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,997	Varner	18,081	17,076
#1,998	Staley	18,080	17,077
#1,999	Kowalski	18,077	17,079
#2,000	Kincaid	18,075	17,081
#2,001	Moya	18,071	17,085
#2,002	Vogt	18,061	17,095
#2,003	Kimble	18,040	17,114

Who is named Platt

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

87% of people named Platt identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Platts

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Platt
American actor and singer (born 1993)
Edward Platt
American actor (1916-1974)
Marc Platt
American film, television and theatre producer, born 1957
Lilly Platt
British environmentalist, born 2008
Tara Platt
American actress, born 1978
Louise Platt
American actress (1915-2003)
Marc Platt
American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor (1913-2014)
Orville H. Platt
American politician (1827-1905)
Thomas C. Platt
American politician (1833–1910)
Clarence Platt
American sport shooter, 1873–1941
William Platt
British Army general (1885–1975)
Nicholas Platt
American diplomat, 1936–2026

Notable Platts come mostly from the United States (15), Kingdom of the Netherlands (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Platt

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

Questions

Where does the surname Platt come from?: English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).
How common is the surname Platt?: 18,022 people in the United States had the surname Platt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,132 Americans. It ranked 2,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Platt?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Platt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Platt?: Ben Platt, American actor and singer (born 1993), followed by Edward Platt.
Where is the surname Platt most common?: Wikidata records people named Platt in the United States, Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Platt?: Platt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Platt getting more or less common?: Less common. 18,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,022 in 2010, down 1.9%.