Plum Surname

46,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Plum Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the plum,' i.e. plum-tree (v. Plumptre); compare Crabb and Crabtree. The 'b' in Plumb and Plumbe is, of course, excrescent.

Richard Plumbe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Plum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,3491:15,0511,975
United States3,8481:94,19410,574
Denmark4971:11,3581,078
Netherlands2661:63,48610,925
England2051:271,79521,381
Australia1241:217,70720,896
Belgium1071:107,44516,114
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Brazil821:2,610,66378,641
Canada751:491,27542,011
France711:935,531107,040
Russia621:2,324,565137,882
Israel531:161,46516,670
Indonesia441:3,005,664168,399
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
China281:48,832,9132,633
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Cambodia151:1,032,4765,479
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Austria131:655,03358,041
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Wales111:281,32115,850
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Malta11:430,2723,380
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4591:53,1056,388
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9931:50,5735,734

The alternate forms: Plüm (115) are calculated separately.

Plum (221) may also be a first name.

Plum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the plum,' i.e. plum-tree (v. Plumptre); compare Crabb and Crabtree. The 'b' in Plumb and Plumbe is, of course, excrescent.

Richard Plumbe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Symon Plumbe, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Agnes Plombe of Woodbank, spinster, 1500: Wills at Chester.

Robert Plumb, of Wavertree, 1618: ibid.

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

(English) Dweller by a Plum-Tree [Q.E.plúme] (French-Latin) a nickname, or trade-name, from the French plume, a feather, plume [Latin pluma] The b in forms of this name is the common post-m labial intrusion.

In France, the surname is also found with the diminutive suff. -et (Plumet).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. A deep pool in a river or stream; the word is used in the shires of Fife and Roxburgh. Jamieson. 2. Sensible, honest. North. Halliwell. 3. A commune near Avranches in Normandy is called Plomb.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From phumpe, plump, in the North of England, a woody place or clump of trees. Plumb is the name of a township of the U.S., North America, Pennsylvania; and there is Plomb, a commune of Normandy; and La Plume, a commune and town dep. Morbihan.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Robertus Plumme, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Rob. Plome 1198; John Plum, Engl. c.1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Flemish, Plum; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Plum Last Name Facts

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

Plum (Russian: Плум) is found most in Germany. It may be found as: Plüm. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Plum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 46,551st most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 654,354 people. The surname Plum is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Plum reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 606,684th most numerous first name globally, held by 221 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 5,349 people, or 1 in 15,051. In Germany Plum is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Germany Plum exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Denmark, where 4 percent are found.

Plum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Plum surname grew 388 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 55 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Plum are 13.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.48% registered with the political party.

The amount Plum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.64% less than the national average, earning R 86,412 per year; in United States they earn 0.34% more than the national average, earning $43,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.16% less than the national average, earning $49,107 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plüm92115/
Plume893,970/
Pluim891,750/
Pflum891,143/
Pluym89988/
Plaum89884/
Ploum89655/
Plumm89159/
Pluhm8961/
Phlum8945/
Pluum8932/
Plumt892/
Pleum892/
Plumd892/
Plumk891/
Pflaum804,998/
Pflumm801,012/
Pellum80681/
Pluijm80368/
Pflume8072/
Phlaum8024/
Pillum803/
Plumme802/
Ploume801/
Phleum801/
Plumbp801/
Pluhme801/
Plun75350/
Plom75223/
Pflaume73115/
Pflyaum7360/
Pleutim7347/
Pellhum7337/
Plumova732/
Pillume731/
Pillium731/
Plumová731/
Pellium731/
Pfllaum731/
Pellumd730/
Ploom67567/
Ploem67246/
Phlun6792/
Plung6784/
Plunt6725/
Plune6723/
Plaun6719/
Phlom6715/
Plühm679/
Pluin676/
Pluyn673/
Pflun673/
Plúme672/
Pleun672/
Plund671/
Plūme671/
Pflom670/
Plunn670/

Plum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plum in the Russian language
Плумplum-

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