Plasket Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Plasket Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Plaskets,' a township in the parish of Falstone, Northumberland (Lower).

1683. Married — Robert Plaskett and Mary Ebsworth: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1761. — Abraham Plasket and Susanna Pocock: St.

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Plasket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Israel101:855,76354,181
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England751:325,00521,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Plasket Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Plaskets,' a township in the parish of Falstone, Northumberland (Lower).

1683. Married — Robert Plaskett and Mary Ebsworth: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1761. — Abraham Plasket and Susanna Pocock: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(N.Eng. orScand.) Dweller at a Swampy Piece of Land [N. and East. Dialectal English plask, a shallow pool; cp. Old English plæsc-Middle Dutch plasch (pron. plask), a puddle, and Dano-Norwegian plaske, to plash: -et(t apparently represents Old English hǽð = Old Norse heið-r, Dano-Norwegian hede, a heath] The palatal form is seen in the West. English ploshett, ‘a swampy meadow.’ Plaskets, Northumberland, situated on the River North Tyne, is variantly Plawsketts and Plashetts.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Plaskets, a township in the parish of Falstone, co. Northumberland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Plasket Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plasket is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plasket? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plasket is the 1,035,555th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Plasket are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 1,830,601. In The United States Plasket is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 44 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Virginia, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States Plasket is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.

Plasket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plasket has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plasket surname rose 291 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 99 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plasket Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plasket surname are 35.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 82.5% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Plasket earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 29.82% more than the national average, earning R 308,496 per year and in United States they earn 8.91% more than the national average, earning $46,994 USD per year.

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