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Platz

in Minnesota

There are 110 people with the last name "Platz" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Platz 5,676
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  1. is 5,672nd most common Nilsen
  2. is 5,673rd most common Nylund
  3. is 5,674th most common Perpich
  4. is 5,675th most common Piepho
  5. is 5,676th most common Platz
  6. is 5,677th most common Poncelet
  7. is 5,678th most common Przybylski
  8. is 5,679th most common Rollie
  9. is 5,680th most common Russo

Similar Names and Nicknames

Platt, Plata, Plath, Plate, Platts, Platte, Plater, Plattner, Plato, Platero

Most Common First Names for Platz

Gerard, David, Arnold, Carol, Ervin, George, Jeffrey, Jerome, Joe, Joyce

Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in the main (market) square of a town or village, from (respectively) Middle High German plaz, German Platz ‘town square’. As a Jewish name it may also be one of the names randomly selected by government officials when surnames were made compulsory. In Tyrol, where many farms are called Platz(l), the name refers to an opening or suitable site for a dwelling.

German: metonymic occupational name from platz, plotz ‘wedge for splitting stone’, or a nickname for a big, heavy man, from the same word in a transferred sense.

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Gerard Platz, MN (9 searches)
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