Platte Family History
Platte Name Meaning
French: from Old French plat ‘flat’ (Late Latin
plat(t)us, from Greek platys ‘broad’, ‘flat’).German: variant of Plate 1.German: topographic name
from Middle Low German, Middle High German plate ‘plateau’,
‘rock wall’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Platte Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Platte families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Platte families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Platte last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Platte Family Origin
Platte Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Platte Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Platte Civil War Service Records
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