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    The surname Plaskett

    A French place surname, carried by 570 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P423

    Plaskett: #38,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Plaskett #38,754, 570 people Plaskett: #38,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Plaskett #38,754, 570 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plaskett is more common than 76.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Topographic surname from Old French plasquet, a diminutive of plascq (“damp meadow”).

    Plaskett is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 570 people named Plaskett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 541,659 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 540.

    #38,754
    rank among US surnames
    570
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #38,524)

    Who is named Plaskett

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

    67% of people named Plaskett identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Plasketts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stacey Plaskett
      American politician (born 1966)
    • James Plaskett
      British chess player, born 1960

    Notable Plasketts come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Plaskett

    Plaskett has the Soundex code P423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P423.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Plaskett come from?
    Topographic surname from Old French plasquet, a diminutive of plascq (“damp meadow”).
    How common is the surname Plaskett?
    570 people in the United States had the surname Plaskett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 541,659 Americans. It ranked 38,754th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Plaskett?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Plaskett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Plaskett?
    Stacey Plaskett, American politician (born 1966), followed by James Plaskett.
    Where is the surname Plaskett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Plaskett in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Plaskett?
    Plaskett is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Plaskett getting more or less common?
    More common. 540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 570 in 2010, up 5.6%.