Plate Family History
Plate Name Meaning
German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of
plate armor, from Middle High German blate, plate,
Middle Dutch plate ‘plate’, ‘armor plating’.German: habitational name from a place so named in Mecklenburg.Dutch: from West Flemish plate ‘plaice’, possibly a
nickname for someone thought to resemble a flat fish, or a metonymic
occupational name for a catcher or seller of these fish.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Plate Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Plate families
 38 - 73  13 - 37 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Plate families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Plate census records
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Plate Family Origin
Plate Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Plate
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Plate Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Plate census records
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Plate Civil War Service Records
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