Explore the Family Name Monplaisir

The meaning of Monplaisir

1. French: variant of Montplaisir. 2. West Indian: nickname or ornamental name from French mon plaisir ‘my pleasure’. Alternatively, perhaps of the same origin as 1 above.

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How common is the last name Monplaisir in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Monplaisir rose significantly between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Monplaisir was ranked 132,259 in terms of popularity but jumped to rank 109,258 by 2010, an improvement of 17.39 percent. The count of individuals with this surname also increased from 118 in 2000 to 162 in 2010, indicating a rise of 37.29 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people named Monplaisir per 100k of the population rose by 25 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#132,259	#109,258	17.39%
Count	118	162	37.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.04	0.05	25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Monplaisir

In regard to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of those bearing the Monplaisir surname identified as Black in both 2000 (84.75 percent) and 2010 (84.57 percent). There were no changes reported for Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native identities during these years. However, there were noticeable shifts in other ethnic identities. The percentage identifying as White decreased from 8.47 percent in 2000 to 7.41 percent in 2010. Additionally, the proportion identifying as having two or more races dropped by 27.12 percent, while a new ethnicity category of Hispanic emerged in 2010 with 4.94 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	84.75%	84.57%	-0.21%
White	8.47%	7.41%	-12.51%
Hispanic	0%	4.94%	0%
Two or More Races	4.24%	3.09%	-27.12%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%