Pluck Surname

210,752nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,958 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guyana

Pluck Surname Definition:

I do not know the origin of this surname, and therefore simply confine myself to instances. Perhaps a French importation.

John Pluk, Close Rolls, 3 Edward IV.

1775. Married — Auguste Francois Plique and Jeanne Josephine Viulley: St.

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Pluck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9451:58,9617,037
United States3821:948,84570,809
Australia1861:145,13815,497
New Zealand1041:43,5427,204
Ireland981:48,0503,523
Guyana821:9,2951,436
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Wales71:442,07621,198
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
France41:16,605,680368,153
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Brunei31:139,5773,009
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland931:47,6334,090
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3651:66,7827,604
Jersey91:5,7651,004
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:392,33329,245

The alternate forms: Plück (221) are calculated separately.

Pluck (59) may also be a first name.

Pluck Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

I do not know the origin of this surname, and therefore simply confine myself to instances. Perhaps a French importation.

John Pluk, Close Rolls, 3 Edward IV.

1775. Married — Auguste Francois Plique and Jeanne Josephine Viulley: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) an Anglicized form of the French Pluque, Plo(c)que, a nickname for a Shaggy individual [like French ploc, cowhair (also French peluche, plush), from a Low Latin*piluc(e)-us(cp.ltal. peluccio), shaggy, hairy; from Latin pil-us, hair]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ralph Peloc, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry Pilloc, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Pluck Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pluck occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Plück. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pluck? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 210,752nd most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,721,934 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Pluck are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles. Pluck is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 59 people.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 945 people, or 1 in 58,961. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 22 percent are found, Essex, where 18 percent are found and Cambridgeshire, where 12 percent are found. Aside from England this surname occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Pluck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pluck has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Pluck last name increased 259 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 298 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 105 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 580 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pluck Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pluck last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pluck earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.13% more than the national average, earning R 518,364 per year; in United States they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $47,842 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.69% more than the national average, earning $60,458 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plück93221/
Pfluck9169/
Plauck9152/
Plouck9139/
Plucke9122/
Plueck913/
Pleuck910/
Pluick910/
Pluk89401/
Pluc897/
Pflucke831/
Plaucke831/
Plucktt831/
Pfluyck830/
Pluschk830/
Phluc80290/
Phluk80287/
Pluke80226/
Plick8098/
Plauk8027/
Plyuk8020/
Plusk8014/
Plukk8013/
Pfluk8012/
Plucs807/
Plouc804/
Plukh803/
Pluks801/
Plukš801/
Pliuk801/
Plukė801/
Plouk800/
Plucková7719/
Pflock73320/
Pfluke73161/
Plyukh73141/
Pluške7353/
Pflyuk7350/
Pflugk7329/
Plutke7323/
Plücke739/
Plücks738/
Plukss737/
Plaukh737/
Plauks736/
Pluksh735/
Plaucs734/
Pelluk734/
Pluske732/
Pliuek731/
Pelluc731/
Pliusc731/
Plyusk731/
Plyuik731/
Pluktt730/
Plug671,277/
Ploc67250/
Pellock67209/
Plok6767/
Pluszke6763/
Pflücke6763/
Pellick6759/
Plik6721/
Pillick674/
Phlluek671/
Pluiske670/
Plouzke670/

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