The Platz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,783 people carried this name — #11,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,704 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 246 people named Platz 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 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
202 people named Platz live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Platz.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Platz in American newspapers,
1882.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 219,995 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Platz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Conrad Wolfgang Platz 1531–1596 · theologian
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Rosine Platz 1627–1700
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Johann Gottlob Platz 1656–1731 · jurist
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Abraham Christoph Platz 1658–1728 · jurist
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Georg Platz 1661–1737 · goldsmith
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Maria Sophia Platz 1663–1702
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Platz.
When the index is not enough
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