Plumbe Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Plumbe 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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Plumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1381:403,75427,757
Australia431:627,80744,139
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1161:210,13216,406
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Plumbe 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

Plumbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plumbe is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Plumbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plumbe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,088,856th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Plumbe live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Plumbe is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 403,754. In England Plumbe is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 17 percent live, Oxfordshire, where 14 percent live and Kent, where 12 percent live. Not including England it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 12 percent live.

Plumbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plumbe has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Plumbe last name grew 119 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 44 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Plumbe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Plumbe earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.05% more than the national average, earning $47,056 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.66% less than the national average, earning $43,889 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plumber92235/
Plumbey922/
Plumbee921/
Plumbie920/
Plummber8623/
Plumbi8352/
Plumby8325/
Pllumbi77567/
Plumboy7710/
Plunber772/
Plumboa772/
Plumbaa772/
Pplumbi771/
Plummwe771/
Plimbey770/
Pëllumbi71752/
Pellumbi71560/
Pllumbaj71229/
Pèllumbi7116/
Ploumbis715/
Pillumue711/
Pëllumbaj67159/
Pellumbaj6756/
Plomby676/
Plomba673/
Plomboy622/
Pellunbi571/
Plunuett571/
Pllunbaj571/

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