Platter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 22
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Platter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Platter family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 7
Servant 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Shepherd 1
Shepherds Daughter 1
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 1
Groom 1
Serving Machinest 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Platter

Name Census Frequency
Mary Platter 21
John Platter 18
William Platter 17
Sarah Platter 15
George Platter 13
Elizabeth Platter 12
Robert Platter 12
James Platter 9
Alice Platter 7
Emily Platter 7
Hannah Platter 7
Frederick Platter 6
Martha Platter 6
Matilda Platter 6
Henry Platter 5
Ann Platter 4
Eliza Platter 4
Ellen Platter 4
Jacob Platter 4
Jane Platter 4
Samuel Platter 4
Sophia Platter 4
Susan Platter 4
Susannah Platter 4
Thomas Platter 4

Platter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Plater 86% 4,643
2 Platter 100% 316

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The surname Platter is the 2nd most popular variant of Plater.

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