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Platz

in the US

There are 2,274 people with the last name "Platz" in the United States.

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Platz 10,984
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  5. is 10,984th most common Platz
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  7. is 10,986th most common Mire
  8. is 10,987th most common Seeman
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Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Platz

John, Michael, Robert, David, James, William, Mary, Richard, Thomas, Charles

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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