Show ContentsPlatz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Anglo-Saxon name Platz comes from when the family resided by a small patch of land. Platz is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Early Origins of the Platz family

The surname Platz was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Platz family

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Platz Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Platz has been recorded under many different variations, including Platt, Plat, Platte, Plait, Plate, Blatt and others.

Early Notables of the Platz family

Notables of the family at this time include Sir Hugh Plat or Platt (1552-1608), English writer on agriculture and inventor from Garlickhythe; and John Platt (1632-1705), an English immigrant to America from Ware, Hertfordshire to settle in Norwalk, Connecticut and rose to become a Member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1678-1694.)Gabriel Plattes (fl. 1638), was an English writer, said to have been of Dutch extraction, was one of the earliest advocates...
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Platz Ranking

In the United States, the name Platz is the 17,192nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]

Ireland Migration of the Platz family to Ireland

Some of the Platz family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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United States Platz migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Platz or a variant listed above:

Platz Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Friedrich Platz, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1748 [2]
  • Johann Jacob Platz, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 [2]
  • Adam Nichl Platz, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 [2]
  • Adam Nicolaus Platz, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 [2]
  • Christian Platz, who landed in America in 1783 [2]
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Platz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ignatz Platz, who landed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1859 [2]
  • Mr.Fritz Platz, aged 39, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Belgenland" [3]
  • MissPaula Platz, aged 12, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Belgenland" [4]

Contemporary Notables of the name Platz (post 1700) +

  • Tom Platz (b. 1955), retired American professional bodybuilder, known as "The Golden Eagle"
  • The Rev. Elizabeth Platz, American Lutherian pastor, first woman in America to be ordained by a Lutheran church
  • Frank W. Platz, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1901 [5]
  • Reinhold Platz (1886-1966), German aircraft designer and manufacturer, credited with the Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft
  • Gustav Adolf Platz (1881-1947), German architect for the City of Mannheim
  • Greg Platz, Australian former rugby league footballer


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2146
  4. Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2147
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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