Plum Surname
Approximately 11,137 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnamePlum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,349 | 1:15,051 | 1,975 |
| United States | 3,848 | 1:94,194 | 10,574 |
| Denmark | 497 | 1:11,358 | 1,078 |
| Netherlands | 266 | 1:63,486 | 10,925 |
| England | 205 | 1:271,795 | 21,381 |
| Australia | 124 | 1:217,707 | 20,896 |
| Belgium | 107 | 1:107,445 | 16,114 |
| South Africa | 105 | 1:515,978 | 41,519 |
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| Israel | 53 | 1:161,465 | 16,670 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Argentina | 40 | 1:1,068,585 | 65,578 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 459 | 1:53,105 | 6,388 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 993 | 1:50,573 | 5,734 |
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.
(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).
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.
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.
Robertus Plumme, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Rob. Plome 1198; John Plum, Engl. c.1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the Flemish, Plum; a personal name.
Plum Demographics
Average Plum Salary in
United States
$43,297 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Plum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Plum (Russian: Плум) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Plüm. Click here for further potential spellings of Plum.
How Common Is The Last Name Plum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,551st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 654,354 people. The surname Plum is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Plum live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe. Plum is also the 606,684th most numerous forename throughout the world. It is borne by 221 people.
The surname Plum is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 5,349 people, or 1 in 15,051. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent reside and Hesse, where 2 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Denmark, where 4 percent reside.
Plum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Plum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plum surname grew 388 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 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 those bearing the Plum surname are 13.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.48% registered to vote for the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plüm | 92 | 115 | / |
| Plume | 89 | 3,970 | / |
| Pluim | 89 | 1,750 | / |
| Pflum | 89 | 1,143 | / |
| Pluym | 89 | 988 | / |
| Plaum | 89 | 884 | / |
| Ploum | 89 | 655 | / |
| Plumm | 89 | 159 | / |
| Pluhm | 89 | 61 | / |
| Phlum | 89 | 45 | / |
| Pluum | 89 | 32 | / |
| Plumt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Pleum | 89 | 2 | / |
| Plumd | 89 | 2 | / |
| Plumk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pflaum | 80 | 4,998 | / |
| Pflumm | 80 | 1,012 | / |
| Pellum | 80 | 681 | / |
| Pluijm | 80 | 368 | / |
| Pflume | 80 | 72 | / |
| Phlaum | 80 | 24 | / |
| Pillum | 80 | 3 | / |
| Plumme | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ploume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phleum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plumbp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pluhme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plun | 75 | 350 | / |
| Plom | 75 | 223 | / |
| Pflaume | 73 | 115 | / |
| Pflyaum | 73 | 60 | / |
| Pleutim | 73 | 47 | / |
| Pellhum | 73 | 37 | / |
| Plumova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pillume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pillium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plumová | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pellium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pfllaum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pellumd | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ploom | 67 | 567 | / |
| Ploem | 67 | 246 | / |
| Phlun | 67 | 92 | / |
| Plung | 67 | 84 | / |
| Plunt | 67 | 25 | / |
| Plune | 67 | 23 | / |
| Plaun | 67 | 19 | / |
| Phlom | 67 | 15 | / |
| Plühm | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pluin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pluyn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pflun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Plúme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pleun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plund | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plūme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pflom | 67 | 0 | / |
| Plunn | 67 | 0 | / |
Plum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plum in the Russian language | ||
| Плум | plum | - |
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