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The laplante Surname

laplante Name Meaning and History

French (mainly Poitou), and French Canadian: topographic name for someone who lived by a nursery or plantation (often one planted with vines), from French plant ‘(nursery) plantation (of trees, bushes)’; or a habitational name from places in Loire and Vienne called La Plante.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of laplante Families in the US in 1920
Number of laplante families
 79-155
 27-78
 1-26
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