About the Laplante surname
The surname Laplante has a primarily toponymic formation. The surname probably refers to a place marked by planted or characteristic vegetation and may originally have identified a person by place of residence or origin. In this type of surname, the name first located a person in relation to a place before becoming hereditary. Families bearing the same surname may nevertheless come from different places when more than one locality produced a similar name.
Pronunciation:
La-plant/laplɑ̃t/