Laplante
surname · Latin script
Meaning: topographic name for someone who lived by a nursery or plantation (often one planted with vines), from French plant ‘(nursery) plantation (of trees, bushes)’; or a habitational name from places in Loi
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɫəˈpɫɑnti/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Laplante is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Belize it is the 48th most common surname.
- CACanada≈1 in 7.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 42K
- USUnited States1 in 46K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 353 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belize, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
topographic name for someone who lived by a nursery or plantation (often one planted with vines), from French plant ‘(nursery) plantation (of trees, bushes)’; or a habitational name from places in Loire and Vienne called La Plante.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laplante counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Laplante | 2 |
| US United States | — | 7,195 | 1 in 46K | 7.2K | Laplante | 353 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | — | Laplante | 188 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Laplante | 44 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 268K | — | Laplante | 5 |
| JM Jamaica | #674 | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Laplante | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Laplante | 8 |
| BZ Belize | #48 | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Laplante | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Laplante is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, soit de Laplante ou La Plante; noms de localités en France, ou de la plante, surnom de soldat.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, voir De Laplante.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edgar Laplanteb. 1888USAmerican actor and fraudster (1888-1944)
- Laurent Laplanteb. 1934CACanadian journalist and writer (1934–2017)
- Bruno Laplanteb. 1938CACanadian singer
- André Laplanteb. 1949CACanadian pianist
- Myriam Laplanteb. 1954BDCanadian artist (born 1954)
- Sonia Laplanteb. 1967CACanadian actress
- Darryl Laplanteb. 1977CACanadian ice hockey player
- Éric Laplanteb. 1979CACanadian ice hockey player
- Courtney LaPlanteb. 1989USAmerican singer
- Aaron LaPlanteUSAmerican actor and voice actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.2K | #4,896 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.1K | #4,828 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7K | #4,650 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Laplante mean, and where does it come from?
- topographic name for someone who lived by a nursery or plantation (often one planted with vines), from French plant ‘(nursery) plantation (of trees, bushes)’; or a habitational name from places in Loi… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Laplante?
- A machine transcription gives /ɫəˈpɫɑnti/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Laplante have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Laplante in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laplante.
- How common is the name Laplante?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,195 people named Laplante in 2010, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.
- How common is Laplante compared with other names?
- In Belize, Laplante is the 48th most common surname of 11,408 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laplanteThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Laplante” — the 48th most common surname in Belize. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.