Pleasence Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pleasence Surname Definition:
N. Plaisence, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugh de Plesence, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Pleasence Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pleasence Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
N. Plaisence, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugh de Plesence, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Pleasence Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pleasence Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pleasence occurs most in Canada. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pleasence.
How Common Is The Last Name Pleasence? popularity and diffusion
Pleasence is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Pleasence reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name Pleasence is most numerous in Canada, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,211,398. In Canada it is mostly found in: Ontario, where 100 percent reside. Barring Canada it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.
Pleasence Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pleasence has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pleasence surname contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plasence | 94 | 1 | / |
| Plesence | 94 | 0 | / |
| Plasencea | 89 | 4 | / |
| Plaisence | 89 | 2 | / |
| Pleance | 88 | 1 | / |
| Plasenciea | 84 | 1 | / |
| Plasenci | 82 | 3 | / |
| Plasenca | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pleansee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Plance | 80 | 231 | / |
| Plence | 80 | 48 | / |
| Plascenci | 78 | 10 | / |
| Plasencza | 78 | 3 | / |
| Placencea | 78 | 2 | / |
| Plaaisnce | 78 | 1 | / |
| Plascenca | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pleanchey | 78 | 1 | / |
| Planche | 75 | 5,238 | / |
| Plancey | 75 | 56 | / |
| Pflance | 75 | 36 | / |
| Plancer | 75 | 17 | / |
| Plances | 75 | 17 | / |
| Plencer | 75 | 7 | / |
| Plancet | 75 | 3 | / |
| Plamsee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ploence | 75 | 1 | / |
| Plesens | 75 | 0 | / |
| Plascenciz | 74 | 2 | / |
| Plessenger | 74 | 1 | / |
| Planchet | 71 | 1,195 | / |
| Plancher | 71 | 910 | / |
| Planchez | 71 | 732 | / |
| Planches | 71 | 34 | / |
| Pliansee | 71 | 25 | / |
| Pflancer | 71 | 20 | / |
| Plencher | 71 | 3 | / |
| Plenceer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Plaiance | 71 | 2 | / |
| Plainsee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pliensee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Plenchet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plessens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Placenci | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pellance | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pletency | 71 | 0 | / |
| Plancy | 67 | 70 | / |
| Planchett | 67 | 65 | / |
| Planch | 67 | 29 | / |
| Plancı | 67 | 14 | / |
| Platenchi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Plamse | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pillience | 67 | 4 | / |
| Plancheth | 67 | 3 | / |
| Plasienka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plense | 67 | 2 | / |
| Placencis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plenci | 67 | 1 | / |
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