The Platon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 462 people carried this name — #46,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 48% from 312 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Platon surname
Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian and Ukrainian Платон (Platon).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Platon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 508 people named Platon.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Gard.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 286 people named Platon 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Platon live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Platon is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Platon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Platon 1886–1944 · military personnel -
Bernardo Platon d. 1295 · Catholic priest
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Bernardo Platon d. 1295 · Latin Catholic priest
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Georges Platon 1859–1917 · librarian
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Nicolas Platon-Argyriades 1888–1968 · ceramicist
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Nikolaos Platon 1909–1992 · art historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Platon.
When the index is not enough
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