# Plant (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/plant/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,858 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,890 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,705 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (5,832 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An English and French surname, from the noun plant. Also compare Plantier.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Plant in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Poland, Plante, Piland, Pylant, Palmatier, Palmateer, Pelland.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.