Platon is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Platon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: It is in the Gard and Lozère the name has always been the most common. Also found in many older references in the Loire. This is probably a place name with the meaning of small tray (Occitan "plato" = small dish). Note, however, that the word "Plato" in Occitan also has the sense of plaster (nickname healer?). Many of Plato as in Martinique, where the name should instead evoke the Greek philosopher (name probably given in 1848 to former slaves).

How popular is Platon?

Platon is common in France.

Platon is ranked 24319 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Platons grew by 48.07692 per cent to 462 since 2000 and ranked 46138 after elevating 14252 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 37.45 37.5
Hispanic or Latino 34.63 25.32
White 23.81 35.26
Others 1.95 1.6
Platon is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Moldova is ahead in terms of density. Around 21093 people have been found who wears Platon as their family name. Platon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
23,950 Georgia6
32,472 Azerbaijan3
67,494 South Africa3
14,078 Japan3
20,035 Uzbekistan2
41,879 Turkey2
17,692 Armenia2
6,977 Tajikistan2
3,871 Paraguay2
6,103 Cyprus2
23,344 Austria2
30,360 Thailand1
6,820 Angola1
16,228 Bulgaria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,190 Bahrain1
91,024 Belgium1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
29,774 Venezuela1
49,529 Israel1
28,365 Kenya1
12,745 Luxembourg1
1,572 Macau1
16,640 Hong Kong1
47,891 Norway1
58,885 Poland1
19,810 Croatia1
14,644 Tunisia1
34,581 Chile1
15,705 Cameroon1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
176,363 Indonesia39
8,720 Qatar29
11,685 Singapore24
23,914 Denmark20
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,046 Kazakhstan95
15,318 Belarus94
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
46,183 Canada68
16,052 Sweden58
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Platon:
7,407 Spain547
53,011 United States495
12,862 Ukraine443
3,361 Ecuador322
44,967 Brazil238
17,404 Mexico209
25,062 Argentina209
44,259 Italy179
13,267 Greece147
71,225 Germany134
38,707 England108
Countries with thousands of Platon:
1,128 Philippines8,765
721 Romania3,674
93 Moldova2,430
13,419 Russia1,313
7,209 France1,212
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Comments

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Evelin Hood
Plato designates a former french flat blade and Occitan metal plate, nickname artisan.

Platon Namesakes

  • Andrei Platonov, Author
  • Andrei Platonov, Author
  • Vladimir Platonov, Mathematician
  • Lena Platonos, Musician
  • Mauricia Platon, Musical Artist
  • Andrei Platonov, Author
  • Oleg Platonov, Writer
  • Olympia Platonovna Demidovich, Boris Demidovich's mother
  • Veaceslav Platon, Politician
  • Ruslan Platon, Soccer striker

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