Last Name PLEASANTS

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Meaning 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.
Origin French

Rank 14,212 (2000 US census) 14,511 (1990 US census)
Count 1,937 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 70.42%, or 1364 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.86%, or 501 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.45%, or 28 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.65%, or 32 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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