Plante Surname

17,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Plante Surname Definition:

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Robert Plante, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Plante, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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

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Plante Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada18,6101:1,980206
United States9,3701:38,6834,761
France2,2181:29,9473,658
Argentina1361:314,29024,990
Netherlands1081:156,36323,208
Saint Lucia891:2,009345
England761:733,13240,828
Israel721:118,85613,107
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
Australia331:818,05251,601
Ireland331:142,6956,688
Trinidad and Tobago291:47,0344,189
Mexico261:4,774,08528,474
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Aruba11:103,4772,586
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2111:238,00319,923

The alternate forms: Plantè (420) & Planté (68) are calculated separately.

Plante (113) may also be a first name.

Plante 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

William Planet, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Ralph de Planez or Planets, Engl. 1189 (Rot. Pip.): Robert, Roger, William Plante, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

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

Plante Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plante (Russian: Планте) occurs more in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Plantè or Planté. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plante? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 17,804th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 234,741 people. The last name Plante is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Plante live; 90 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Gallo-North America. Plante is also the 881,625th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 113 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 18,610 people, or 1 in 1,980. In Canada Plante is most numerous in: Quebec, where 84 percent live, Ontario, where 8 percent live and Alberta, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Canada this surname occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.

Plante Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plante has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Plante last name increased 4,441 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plante Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Plante last name are 9.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Plante earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.73% more than the national average, earning $45,620 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.99% less than the national average, earning $41,740 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plantè94420/
Planté9468/
Plantey92697/
Planter92645/
Plantes92567/
Plantie92200/
Planteu92109/
Plantet9281/
Plainte9266/
Plantje9257/
Plantez928/
Pllante923/
Plantee922/
Plantte921/
Plant9128,504/
Placente86661/
Placinte8619/
Plantech866/
Pellante864/
Plainter861/
Plyanter861/
Pillante861/
Plantter861/
Plasente861/
Planta831,762/
Plants831,391/
Planty83584/
Plaunt83434/
Plantt83117/
Plyant8331/
Plandt8316/
Plonte8315/
Planti8315/
Pleant836/
Pliant833/
Plaint833/
Pllant833/
Planht833/
Planth833/
Plente832/
Plantj831/
Bplant831/
Plannt830/
Plaant830/
Plachinte8024/
Planteydt8015/
Plachynte806/
Plainet77634/
Pellant77513/
Pillant77217/
Pflantz77108/
Plentie7787/
Plaunty7783/
Pleanta7757/
Plantis7748/
Placent7727/
Plauntz7710/
Playnet779/
Plantio775/
Plyanta775/
Pleasnt775/
Plantyš774/
Plonter772/
Plantuy771/
Plianti771/
Pllanti771/
Plentey771/
Plantch771/
Plantés771/
Pleantă771/
Plasent771/
Plantyi771/
Playned771/
Platend770/
Pleanty770/
Plasint770/
Planteijdt7514/
Plont73138/
Pland7384/
Placenti711,393/
Plantysh71171/
Pleasent71105/
Plantych71102/
Plantsch7135/
Plantish7125/
Plantova7119/
Plantich7113/
Plaisent7113/
Placenty714/
Plantová712/
Pleacent711/
Pleasnts711/
Plantais711/
Piellant711/
Pøhlandt711/
Puillant711/
Pleinter710/
Pelleant710/
Plianthai6797/
Plount6789/
Plontz6754/
Plonta6724/
Plenti6721/
Pleasents6713/
Plonty6713/
Plianthit678/
Plattenteich674/
Placentis671/
Plonts671/
Plands671/

Plante Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plante in the Russian language
Плантеplante-

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Plante Reference & Research

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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Footnotes

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