The Planche surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 129 people carried this name — #131,379 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 125 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,675 people named Planche.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Planche live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Planche live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Planche,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche 1808–1857 · writer -
J. Planche 1762–1853 · translator
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Fernand Planche 1900–1974 · writer
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Henry Planche 1915–1998 · writer
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Hugh Planche 1931–2024 · politician
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Bernard Planche 1945– · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Planche.
- Plaisance 2,822 · U.S. census
- Plaisir 249 · U.S. census
- Plan 199 · U.S. census
- Plana 255 · U.S. census
- Planas 1,319 · U.S. census
- Planchard 140 · U.S. census
- Plancher 168 · U.S. census
- Planchon 205 · U.S. census
- Plancon 107 · U.S. census
- Plane 387 · U.S. census
- Planes 176 · U.S. census
- Plano 327 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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