Plumb Surname

37,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Plumb 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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Plumb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1041:59,3817,019
England5,0541:11,0251,624
Australia1,0811:24,9733,406
Canada7641:48,2275,857
Romania5981:33,5754,279
Wales1471:21,0512,237
Scotland991:54,0794,572
South Africa621:873,83457,209
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
India81:95,883,173728,828
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0931:11,6461,775
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7231:29,1463,547

Plumb (28) may also be a first name.

Plumb 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

Plumb Last Name Facts

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

Plumb is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plumb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Plumb is the 37,414th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 517,949 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Plumb reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name in the world, held by 28 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 6,104 people, or 1 in 59,381. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Washington, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States it exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in England, where 36 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Plumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Plumb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plumb last name grew 354 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 241 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,838 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plumb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Plumb last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Plumb surname are 12.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.08% being registered with the political party.

The amount Plumb earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.07% more than the national average, earning R 408,900 per year; in United States they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $45,602 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $52,952 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pllumb912/
Plaumb911/
Plumbp911/
Ploumb910/
Pluumb910/
Pellumb837/
Plump801,122/
Plomb80461/
Plunb801/
Plimb801/
Plumpe73347/
Plumpp7350/
Plomp602,554/
Plimp601/
Plümpe55395/
Ploonb550/

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Plumb Reference & Research

Plummer DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Plummer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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