How common is the surname Platz?

2,783 people in the United States had the surname Platz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,940 Americans. It ranked 11,339th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Platz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Platz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Platz?

Tom Platz, American professional bodybuilder.

Where is the surname Platz most common?

Wikidata records people named Platz in the United States.

Is the surname Platz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,783 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Platz

A German surname, carried by 2,783 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Platz is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Platz.

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 2,783 people named Platz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,940 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,704.

#11,339

rank among US surnames

2,783

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,821)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,334	Crowson	2,785	110,860
#11,335	Dedios	2,784	110,900
#11,339	Platz	2,783	110,940
#11,341	Greenstein	2,782	110,980
#11,343	Asberry	2,781	111,020
#11,348	Aubuchon	2,780	111,060

Who is named Platz

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

94% of people named Platz identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Platzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Platz
American professional bodybuilder, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Platz

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Platz come from?: Borrowed from German Platz.
How common is the surname Platz?: 2,783 people in the United States had the surname Platz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,940 Americans. It ranked 11,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Platz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Platz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Platz?: Tom Platz, American professional bodybuilder.
Where is the surname Platz most common?: Wikidata records people named Platz in the United States.
Is the surname Platz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,783 in 2010, up 2.9%.