Plantin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Plantin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 176 people carried this name — #102,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 31% from 134 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 923 people named Plantin.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Haute-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Haute-Loire 265
Nord 107
Paris 49
Puy-de-Dôme 35
Rhône 31
Ardennes 31
Ain 28
Ardèche 27

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

204 people named Plantin is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 204

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Plantin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christophe Plantin
    Christophe Plantin 1520–1589 · poet
  • Christophe Plantin
    Christophe Plantin 1520–1589 · poet
  • Christophe Plantin
    Christophe Plantin 1520–1589 · poet
  • Martina Plantin
    Martina Plantin 1550–1616 · printer
  • Johan Plantin d. 1663 · politician
  • Jean-Baptiste Plantin 1624–1700 · historian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Plantin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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