The Piatt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,463 people carried this name — #4,746 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,500 people counted. That is up 26% from 5,918 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Piatt surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘of the plat’.

His entry covers Piatt and Platts.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 610 · public domain.

In print

Piatt in American newspapers,
1896–1908.

Newspaper page from Oxford Democrat carrying the name Piatt
Oxford Democrat 1908-08-11
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Piatt
The Anaconda Standard 1896-08-24
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Piatt
The Anaconda Standard 1896-07-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 285,436 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Piatt in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

14,474 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Piatt. The most, 2,759, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 5,060
South Australia 4,451
Victoria 2,054
Queensland 2,009
Western Australia 530
Tasmania 170
ACT (Canberra) 126
Northern Territory 15

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Piatt.

Who carried it

People named Piatt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacob Piatt
    Jacob Piatt 1747–1834
  • John H. Piatt
    John H. Piatt 1781–1822 · boat builder
  • Jacob Wykoff Piatt
    Jacob Wykoff Piatt 1801–1856 · lawyer
  • John Hull Piatt 1710–1760
  • William Piatt 1743–1791
  • Daniel Piatt 1745–1780

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Piatt,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States285 records

285 records of the Piatt name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 169
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Weaver Piatt

    Born 1941; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry officer; killed in action 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles A. Piatt

    Born 1909 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe, New Mexico; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Piatt

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Robert Kelly from Liverpool, aged 29; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 285 records for Piatt in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Piatt name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Stanley Alvin Piatt

    Died 1930; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Baxter Piatt

    Died 1968 in Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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