How common is the surname Plasencia?

3,608 people in the United States had the surname Plasencia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,572 Americans. It ranked 9,058th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Plasencia getting more or less common?

More common. 2,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,608 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Plasencia

A surname, carried by 3,608 people in the United States.

3 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). Plasencia is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,608 people named Plasencia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,572 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,674.

#9,058

rank among US surnames

3,608

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+34.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,920)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,050	Linehan	3,610	85,525
#9,054	Borjas	3,609	85,549
#9,058	Wiggs	3,608	85,572
#9,061	Snavely	3,607	85,596
#9,064	Persons	3,606	85,620
#9,066	Lindo	3,605	85,644

Who is named Plasencia

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

95% of people named Plasencia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plasencia

Plasencia 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 Plasencia?: 3,608 people in the United States had the surname Plasencia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,572 Americans. It ranked 9,058th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plasencia?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Plasencia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Plasencia getting more or less common?: More common. 2,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,608 in 2010, up 35%.