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The PLEASANTS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,937 14212 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 1,046 5252 0.002 21
Change since 1880 +891 -8960 -0.001 -14
Other Countries
Australia 18 56316 0 1
United Kingdom 293 12927 0.001 6
Top States for PLEASANTS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 575 1609 0.008 81
North Carolina 352 3015 0.004 44
Texas 101 15232 0.000 5
California 91 24877 0.000 3
Tennessee 91 6338 0.002 16
Top States for PLEASANTS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 575 1609 0.008 81
North Carolina 352 3015 0.004 44
Delaware 17 7861 0.002 22
Alaska 11 9039 0.002 18
Tennessee 91 6338 0.002 16

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PLEASANTS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PLEASANTS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PLEASANTS in Virginia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PLEASANTS by picking someone at random in Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PLEASANTS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PLEASANTS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PLEASANTS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PLEASANTS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 501 25.86
White (Hispanic) 32 1.65
Mixed Race 28 1.45
White (Caucasian) 1,364 70.42
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PLEASANTS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PLEASANTS in historical publications

(origin: Local) From a suburb of the city of Edinburgh, called "The Pleasants," where anciently was a priory of nuns, which was dedicated to St. Mary of Placentia, of which the name "Pleasants" is a corruption.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to PLEASANTS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PLEASANTS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for PLEASANTS

The following words are slight variants of PLEASANTS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.