The Plascencia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,710 people carried this name — #4,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,900 people counted. That is up 49% from 5,846 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Plascencia surname

Variant of Placencia/Plasencia. Most prevalent in Mexico and nearly absent from Spain.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Plascencia» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Plascencia in American newspapers,
1883–1929.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-rico carrying the name Plascencia
Gazeta De Puerto-rico 1883-01-16
Newspaper page from Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Plascencia
Boletín Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1915-01-16
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Plascencia
The Washington Daily News 1929-03-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Plascencia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Plascencia Salinas 1956–1994 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Plascencia,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States26 records

26 records of the Plascencia name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Anthony Plascencia

    Born 1921 in Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Los Angeles, California; driver from Los Angeles County, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Cirirla O. Plascencia

    Born 1896 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Fremont County, Colorado, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe G. Plascencia

    Born 1919 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Pueblo, Colorado, from Fremont County, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Plascencia in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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