The Plata surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,432 people carried this name — #6,290 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. That is up 39% from 3,896 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

3,258 people named Plata have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 3,568 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 1,661
Pomeranian 710
Lower Silesian 243
Silesian 212
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 84
Masovian 84
West Pomeranian 68
Subcarpathian 57

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 599 people named Plata live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 200
City of Buenos Aires 198
Salta 90
Tucumán 33
Córdoba 25
Jujuy 20
Tierra del Fuego 19
Mendoza 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 31 people named Plata.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Martinique 3
Marne 2
Pas-de-Calais 2
Nord 1
Vaucluse 1
Haute-Vienne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Plata live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 7
Zurich 7
Aargau 4
Neuchâtel 4
Thurgau 3
Ticino 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Plata in American newspapers,
1921.

Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Plata
The Bossier Banner 1921-09-01
Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Plata
The Bossier Banner 1921-08-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Plata in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

397 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Plata. The most, 73, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 202
South Australia 63
New South Wales 53
Victoria 48
ACT (Canberra) 7
Western Australia 7
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Plata,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Miguel de la Plata y Marcos 1837–1885 · physician
  • Horacio Rodríguez Plata 1915–1987 · lawyer
  • Walter Plata 1925–2005 · typesetter
  • Yesid Plata 1974–2024 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Plata,
in the records of 6 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 States147 records

147 records of the Plata name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 85
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Johnny Morris Plata

    Born 1948; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Benito Plata

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Fort Sam Houston 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 Ludwika Plata

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Hamburg from Boulogne, aged 19; servant. From Swierka, Austria; bound for Cleveland.

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

Showing 3 of 147 records for Plata in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Germany34 records

34 records of the Plata name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Plata

    From Ossow. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 1 April 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 46).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Plata

    From Czarniß, Konitz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 December 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 21).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wladislaus Plata

    From Bruß, Konitz. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 28 February 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 149).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 34 records for Plata in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France11 records

11 records of the Plata name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Plata

    Born 1924 in Spain; died 2001 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Stanislaw Plata

    Born 1942 in Tucquegnieux (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 1993 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Raymond Plata

    Born 1935 in Marles-les-Mines (Pas-de-Calais); died 1991 in Marquette-lez-Lille (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Plata in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Plata name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Piota Plata

    Retired of Coburg, Victoria; died 1979.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Maria Plata

    Of Newport, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Gladys Myrtle Plata

    Of Wst Coburg, Victoria; died 1974.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Plata name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Wilhelmina Plata

    Married in 1924 in Loosdrecht.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Elisabeth Plata

    Born 1852 in Hoorn.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Plata name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Felix Rellin Plata

    Died 1993, aged 61; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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