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The Platel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 159 people carried this name — #110,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 111 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 894 people named Platel.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Nord 179
Isère 128
Pas-de-Calais 119
Somme 74
Eure 56
Seine-Maritime 49
Oise 44
Paris 30

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Platel live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 22
Zurich 5
Geneva 4
Neuchâtel 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.

Who carried it

People named Platel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Félix Platel
    Félix Platel 1832–1888 · writer
  • Jacques Platel 1608–1681 · Catholic theologian
  • Pierre Platel 1664–1719 · goldsmith
  • Nicolas-Joseph Platel 1777–1835 · composer
  • Émile Platel 1830–1911 · architect
  • Annie Maria Platel 1850–1904

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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