Plumas Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Plumas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plumas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2291:290,05644,463
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

Plumas Last Name Facts

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

Plumas is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plumas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 868,551st most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname Plumas is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Plumas reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most common in France, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 290,056. In France it is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 56 percent live, Île-de-France, where 14 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 10 percent live. Not including France Plumas occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 5 percent live and The Philippines, where 4 percent live.

Plumas Last Name Statistics demography

Plumas earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ploumas921/
Pluma915,534/
Plumat83384/
Plumos83143/
Plumaj8373/
Plumay832/
Plouma831/
Plauma831/
Plumma831/
Plimas831/
Plomas831/
Plumea831/
Pllumaj77209/
Plumeau77120/
Ploumos7715/
Plummos772/
Plaumea770/
Plumo73287/
Ploma73138/
Pellumaj7139/
Põllumaa7135/
Pëllumaj717/
Pllumgaj711/
Plumey67562/
Plomos67134/
Plumot6783/
Plomma6710/
Plomai671/
Plumeit621/
Pelloma621/
Ploumoi621/
Ploumou621/
Phlomma621/
Plummey620/
Plumhopf570/
Plomo55225/
Plümó551/
Plomey506/
Phlomo501/

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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
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  • 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 Plumas
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