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    The surname Duplessis

    A French surname, carried by 3,044 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D142

    Duplessis: #10,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Duplessis #10,536, 3,044 people Duplessis: #10,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Duplessis #10,536, 3,044 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duplessis is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Duplessis.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,044 people named Duplessis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,428 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,662.

    #10,536
    rank among US surnames
    3,044
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,969)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,528Cumming3,047101,328
    #10,531Khalid3,046101,361
    #10,535Corr3,045101,394
    #10,536Duplessis3,044101,428
    #10,539Brunet3,043101,461
    #10,541Farren3,042101,494
    #10,545Ayoub3,041101,528

    Who is named Duplessis

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    57% of people named Duplessis identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Duplessiss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marie Duplessis
      19th-century French courtesan, 1824–1847

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Deplessis
    • Leplessis
    • Plessis

    Duplessis has the Soundex code D142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D142.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Duplessis come from?
    From French Duplessis.
    How common is the surname Duplessis?
    3,044 people in the United States had the surname Duplessis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,428 Americans. It ranked 10,536th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duplessis?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Duplessis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Duplessis?
    Marie Duplessis, 19th-century French courtesan.
    Where is the surname Duplessis most common?
    Wikidata records people named Duplessis in France.
    Is the surname Duplessis getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,044 in 2010, up 14%.
    What are other spellings of Duplessis?
    Deplessis, Leplessis and Plessis.