Plant Surname

19,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Plant Surname Definition:

I give this up. I can suggest no satisfactory solution.

Robert Plante, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Plante, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1605. Married — Symon Plante and Catherine Weaver: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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Plant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,6041:4,421602
United States7,7091:47,0185,706
Australia3,2591:8,2831,225
Canada1,7761:20,7462,863
Wales3761:8,230914
Ireland3661:12,8661,546
Netherlands3491:48,3878,283
New Zealand2761:16,4072,862
South Africa2031:266,88526,661
Scotland1641:32,6453,260
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Italy1381:443,16447,449
India1211:6,339,383145,676
Thailand921:767,808125,203
France801:830,28498,964
Zimbabwe721:214,42024,333
Northern Ireland711:25,9862,864
Spain521:899,07835,195
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Pakistan351:5,104,11132,876
China341:40,215,3402,154
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Cyprus261:34,0343,767
Isle of Man251:3,433731
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Austria231:370,23639,193
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Guyana111:69,2935,568
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Norfolk Island61:38264
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Oman51:737,5946,889
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malta11:430,2723,380
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1701:26,0582,782
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,7291:4,255633
Scotland871:43,0253,165
Wales301:52,2812,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3271:21,5812,722

Plant (176) may also be a first name.

Plant Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

I give this up. I can suggest no satisfactory solution.

Robert Plante, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Plante, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1605. Married — Symon Plante and Catherine Weaver: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1809. Married — John Plant and Ann Stubbs: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at a Plantation or Grove [French plant; Latin planta, a twig, graft] Du Plant (Duplant) is not an uncommon French name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the place where bushes and young trees were started for transplanting.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A family in humble circumstanches at Kettering, bear the ancient royal name of Plantagenet, though now it is commonly corrupted to Plant. See a late number of the "Leicester Mercury."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Durand, Emeric de la Plante, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Robert, Roger, William Plante, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Plant; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Plants are very numerous in the Eccleshall district. The name of Plente occurred in the 13th century in Hunts and Oxfordshire (H. R.). There are also now a few representatives of the name of Plant in Suffolk and Shropshire.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Plant Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Plant Come From? nationality or country of origin

Plant (Arabic: النبات) is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plant? popularity and diffusion

It is the 19,288th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 255,667 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of Plant are found; 48 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 687,834th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 176 people.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 12,604 people, or 1 in 4,421. In England Plant is mostly concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 16 percent live, West Midlands, where 12 percent live and Greater London, where 6 percent live. Other than England Plant exists in 98 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Plant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plant has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 331 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,253 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 215 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 189 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plant Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Plant last name are 4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.77% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Plant earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.77% less than the national average, earning 211,922 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35.29% more than the national average, earning R 321,492 per year; in United States they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $45,180 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.21% more than the national average, earning $54,755 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plante9131,045/
Plants911,391/
Plaunt91434/
Plantt91117/
Plyant9131/
Plandt9116/
Pleant916/
Pliant913/
Plaint913/
Pllant913/
Planht913/
Planth913/
Bplant911/
Plannt910/
Plaant910/
Plan891,909/
Plainet83634/
Pellant83513/
Pillant83217/
Pflantz83108/
Plainte8366/
Placent8327/
Plauntz8310/
Playnet839/
Pleasnt835/
Pllante833/
Plantte831/
Plantch831/
Plasent831/
Plasint830/
Plain803,199/
Plane802,767/
Plang801,544/
Plahn80695/
Phlan80442/
Plian80239/
Planh80197/
Plent80149/
Plont80138/
Plyan80113/
Pland8084/
Plean8075/
Plaan8063/
Plann8032/
Planc8021/
Plaun8019/
Pllan802/
Platn801/
Plgan801/
Plhan800/
Placente77661/
Pleasent77105/
Plantsch7735/
Plantova7719/
Placinte7719/
Plaisent7713/
Pellante774/
Plantová772/
Pleacent771/
Pleasnts771/
Pillante771/
Piellant771/
Plasente771/
Pøhlandt771/
Puillant771/
Pelleant770/
Platen731,995/
Pellan731,482/
Plaine731,017/
Plancq73960/
Platin73665/
Pillan73565/
Plagne73411/
Phlyan73386/
Playne73189/
Plangg73178/
Plehan73106/
Placin73100/
Plount7389/
Phlian7384/
Plasin7374/
Phlang7362/
Plontz7354/
Pliang7343/
Plonte7315/
Pflanc7312/
Plahan7310/
Pleang7310/
Pflang735/
Phlean735/
Plaing735/
Plasen735/
Pleșan735/
Platim735/
P'Lang735/
Placen734/
Platín734/
Plahyn733/
Phlane732/
Planne732/
Planng731/
Plonts731/
Bplank731/
Phlain731/
Plands731/
Plasín731/
Platön731/
Pllann731/
Platem731/
Pplane730/
Pflann730/
Plannk730/
Plachinte7124/
Pleasents7113/
Plachynte716/
Pelland673,444/
Planque673,033/
Platten672,764/
Phlahan672,223/
Pleynet67542/
Plam67509/
Plassen67319/
Phlasen67308/
Phlamng67299/
Phlasin67233/
Pleinet67176/
Plaitin67162/
Plon67158/
Pillain67146/
Pillane67120/
Planova67118/
Plautin67114/
Plating6767/
Plausin6745/
Plassin6739/
Plaisen6739/
Phliang6736/
Plaștin6735/
Pellantová6734/
Planckh6734/
Plasing6728/
Placing6723/
Plahanc6721/
Plahtyn6719/
Plattin6718/
Pillaun6717/
Plahina6715/
Plaaten6714/
Plachin6714/
Plaisin6714/
Playsen6714/
Pillaan6713/
Plautyn6710/
Pillian678/
Plahang678/
Pellane678/
Pellang677/
Plahyna676/
Pflaune674/
Plyasin673/
Pillang673/
Pillann673/
Pehelan673/
Playten673/
Pellantova673/
Placend673/
Plangue673/
Geeplan672/
Placemt672/
Pellhan672/
Plaigne672/
Platijn672/
Plattén672/
Playsin672/
Plascen671/
Puullan671/
Pellamn671/
Pellayn671/
Plahtin671/
Plashyn671/
Plattem671/
Phlanck671/
Plausen671/
Pilland671/
Playneh671/
Pellian671/
Pøhland671/
Plainne671/
Plauhyn671/
Playned671/
Pliahan671/
Pillean670/
Platend670/
Pellann670/
Pflanne670/

Plant Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plant in the Arabic language
النباتalnbat-
النباتيalnbaty-

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Plant Reference & Research

Plant One-name Study - A profile of the Plant surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Plant Family History Group official website - The official website of the Plant Family History Group including information on Plant origins, meaning, distribution, DNA, journal articles, etc.

Plant FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Plant FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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