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

The last name Plum (Russian: Плум) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Plüm. For other potential spellings of Plum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plum? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Plum is the 46,551^st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 654,354 people. The surname Plum is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Plum are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 606,684^th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 221 people.

The surname Plum is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 5,349 people, or 1 in 15,051. In Germany Plum is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Germany it is found in 55 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Denmark, where 4 percent are found.

Plum Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Plum has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 388 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 55 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plum Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Plum surname are 13.71% more likely to be registered Republicans 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.