The Place surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,057 people carried this name — #4,600 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,583 people named Place.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 109 people named Place live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Place.
- Pizzi 1,414 · U.S. census
- Pizzini 413 · U.S. census
- Pizzo 3,129 · U.S. census
- Pizzolato 660 · U.S. census
- Pizzuto 1,159 · U.S. census
- Pla 813 · U.S. census
- Placide 490 · U.S. census
- Plain 1,061 · U.S. census
- Plaine 186 · U.S. census
- Plaisance 2,707 · U.S. census
- Plaisir 145 · U.S. census
- Plan 199 · U.S. census
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