Platner Family History
Platner Name Meaning
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Czech (Platnér):
occupational name for an armorer (see Blattner).English: occupational name for a plate maker, from a Middle
English agent derivative of Old French platon ‘metal plate’.
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Name Distribution of Platner Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Platner families
 27 - 51  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Platner families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Platner last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Platner census records
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Platner Family Origin
Platner Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Platner
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Platner Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Platner census records
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Platner Civil War Service Records
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