How rare is the last name Pleasant?

6,972 people in the United States have the last name Pleasant, about 1 in 42,871. It ranks #4,904 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PLEASANT

#4,904

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,972
About
1 in 42,871
This common or more
58.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,972 people with the last name Pleasant, 54.4% reported their origin as Black, 33.6% as White and 5.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pleasant

#4,902 Pomeroy · 6,977#4,902 Tenney · 6,977#4,905 Damon · 6,971#4,906 Kuehn · 6,970

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pleasant, most common first.

#15,460 Pleasants · 1,825#92,574 Pleasanton · 213

Also a first name

As a first name, Pleasant ranks #29,557 of 53,615, with 299 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1921, with 25 births. See Pleasant as a first name

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