How common is the surname Plauche?

652 people in the United States had the surname Plauche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 473,536 Americans. It ranked 34,668th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plauche?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Plauche identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Plauche?

Gary Plauche, American vigilante.

Where is the surname Plauche most common?

Wikidata records people named Plauche in the United States.

Is the surname Plauche getting more or less common?

Less common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 652 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Plauche

A French surname, carried by 652 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plauche is more common than 78.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Plauche. It could also be an altered spelling of German Ploch or Plache.

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 652 people named Plauche in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 473,536 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 658.

#34,668

rank among US surnames

652

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #32,856)

Who is named Plauche

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

96% of people named Plauche identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plauches

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Plauche
American vigilante, 1945–2014

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plauche

Plauche has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Plauche come from?: Borrowed from French Plauche. It could also be an altered spelling of German Ploch or Plache.
How common is the surname Plauche?: 652 people in the United States had the surname Plauche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 473,536 Americans. It ranked 34,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plauche?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Plauche identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plauche?: Gary Plauche, American vigilante.
Where is the surname Plauche most common?: Wikidata records people named Plauche in the United States.
Is the surname Plauche getting more or less common?: Less common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 652 in 2010, down 0.9%.