Plaskett

English

Etymology

Topographic surname from Old French plasquet, a diminutive of plascq (“damp meadow”).

Proper noun

Plaskett (countable and uncountable, plural Plasketts)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Plaskett is the 38754^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 570 individuals. Plaskett is most common among White (66.84%) and Black/African American (24.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Plaskett”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.