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    The surname Platts

    A surname, carried by 1,329 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P432

    Platts: #20,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Platts #20,099, 1,329 people Platts: #20,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Platts #20,099, 1,329 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Platts is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,329 people named Platts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,244.

    #20,099
    rank among US surnames
    1,329
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,968)

    Who is named Platts

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

    77% of people named Platts identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    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 Platts

    Platts has the Soundex code P432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P432.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Platts?
    1,329 people in the United States had the surname Platts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. It ranked 20,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Platts?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Platts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Platts getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,329 in 2010, up 6.8%.