How common is the surname Platte?

1,180 people in the United States had the surname Platte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,649 Americans. It ranked 21,986th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Platte?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Platte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Platte getting more or less common?

More common. 1,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,180 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Platte

A German surname, carried by 1,180 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). Platte is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Platte.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,180 people named Platte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,649 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,134.

#21,986

rank among US surnames

1,180

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,479)

Who is named Platte

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

95% of people named Platte identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Platte

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Platte come from?: Borrowed from German Platte.
How common is the surname Platte?: 1,180 people in the United States had the surname Platte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,649 Americans. It ranked 21,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Platte?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Platte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Platte getting more or less common?: More common. 1,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,180 in 2010, up 4.1%.