Plamb Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Plamb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Plamb Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Plamb (15) may also be a first name.

Plamb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Plamb Come From? nationality or country of origin

Plamb (Russian: Пламб) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plamb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Plamb occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Plamb reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Plamb is also the 2,900,335th most common first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

Plamb is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plaumb911/
Pliamb911/
Plomb80461/
Plamp80199/
Plampe734/
Plgomb733/
Ploumb730/
Pillaimp621/
Plomp602,554/
Plemp6044/
Planp603/
Planf600/
Planpz551/
Ploonb550/
Show All Similar Surnames

Plamb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plamb in the Russian language
Пламбplamb-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plamb
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis