How common is the surname Pleasant?

7,378 people in the United States had the surname Pleasant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,847 Americans. It ranked 4,791st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pleasant?

Mary Ellen Pleasant, African-American entrepreneur (1814-1904), followed by Ruffin Pleasant.

Where is the surname Pleasant most common?

Wikidata records people named Pleasant in the United States.

Is the surname Pleasant getting more or less common?

More common. 6,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,378 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Pleasant

A surname, carried by 7,378 people in the United States.

2 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). Pleasant is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,378 people named Pleasant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,847 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,967.

#4,791

rank among US surnames

7,378

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,782	Jenks	7,396	41,745
#4,783	Desmond	7,395	41,751
#4,784	Gerlach	7,394	41,756
#4,785	McMichael	7,392	41,768
#4,786	Baskin	7,389	41,784
#4,787	Talbott	7,386	41,801
#4,788	Utley	7,385	41,807

Who is named Pleasant

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

55% of people named Pleasant identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 55%
White (not Hispanic) 37%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Pleasants

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Ellen Pleasant
African-American entrepreneur (1814-1904)
Ruffin Pleasant
American football player and lawyer (1871-1937)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pleasant

Pleasant 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 Pleasant?: 7,378 people in the United States had the surname Pleasant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,847 Americans. It ranked 4,791st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pleasant?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Pleasant identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pleasant?: Mary Ellen Pleasant, African-American entrepreneur (1814-1904), followed by Ruffin Pleasant.
Where is the surname Pleasant most common?: Wikidata records people named Pleasant in the United States.
Is the surname Pleasant getting more or less common?: More common. 6,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,378 in 2010, up 5.9%.