The surname Planas
A Catalan surname, carried by 1,319 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P452
Origin
Catalan origin
Borrowed from Catalan Planas.
One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,319 people named Planas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 774.
Who is named Planas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Planas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 61%
- White (not Hispanic) 28%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 7.3%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Planas has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.
Other Catalan surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Planas come from?
- Borrowed from Catalan Planas.
- How common is the surname Planas?
- 1,319 people in the United States had the surname Planas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. It ranked 20,201st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Planas?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Planas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Planas getting more or less common?
- More common. 774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,319 in 2010, up 70%.