Plesant Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Plesant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plesant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2041:325,60249,364
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Plesant (43) may also be a first name.

Plesant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plesant is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Plesant.

How Common Is The Last Name Plesant? popularity and diffusion

Plesant is the 948,111th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Plesant are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 74 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 43 people.

The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 325,602. In France Plesant is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 48 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 32 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 11 percent are found. Excluding France this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Mexico, where 2 percent are found.

Plesant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plesant has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plesant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Plesant last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

Plesant earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.11% less than the national average, earning $42,237 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plesant
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