How common is the surname Plaisance?

2,822 people in the United States had the surname Plaisance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. It ranked 11,200th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plaisance?

Theresa Plaisance, American basketball player (born 1992).

Where is the surname Plaisance most common?

Wikidata records people named Plaisance in the United States.

Is the surname Plaisance getting more or less common?

More common. 2,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,822 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Plaisance

A surname, carried by 2,822 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plaisance is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,822 people named Plaisance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,707.

#11,200

rank among US surnames

2,822

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,809)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368
#11,200	Sweeten	2,822	109,407
#11,204	Castille	2,821	109,445
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484

Who is named Plaisance

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

93% of people named Plaisance identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plaisances

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Theresa Plaisance
American basketball player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plaisance

Plaisance has the Soundex code P425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P425.

Questions

How common is the surname Plaisance?: 2,822 people in the United States had the surname Plaisance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. It ranked 11,200th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plaisance?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plaisance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Plaisance?: Theresa Plaisance, American basketball player (born 1992).
Where is the surname Plaisance most common?: Wikidata records people named Plaisance in the United States.
Is the surname Plaisance getting more or less common?: More common. 2,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,822 in 2010, up 4.2%.