Plumber Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Plumber Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the plumber.' 'Plumber or plomere, flumbarius': Promptorium Parvulorum 'The Plummers and Patenmakers marched together in the York Pageant' (York Mystery Plays, p. xxii).

William le Plummer, Close Rolls, 39 Henry III.

Read More About This Surname

Plumber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1291:5,946,243139,967
England391:1,428,66862,556
France381:1,747,966156,445
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2131:114,43811,110
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

Plumber (74) may also be a first name.

Plumber Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the plumber.' 'Plumber or plomere, flumbarius': Promptorium Parvulorum 'The Plummers and Patenmakers marched together in the York Pageant' (York Mystery Plays, p. xxii).

William le Plummer, Close Rolls, 39 Henry III.

Henry le Plomere, London 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Andrew le Plumer, or Plummer, Kent, ibid.

John le Plumer, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Gilbert le Plomer, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Henry le Plummer, 25 Edward I: Freemen of York (Surt. Soc).

Ricardus Plummer, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1631. Married — George Arnold and Elizabeth Plummer: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1804. — Jarrard John Howard and Margery Plomer: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) One who worked, or dealt in, lead.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A worker of lead. Latin plumbum. The name is usually corrupted to Plummer.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A plumber, or worker in lead.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Plumber: Remains in surnames as Plumer and Plummer.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Plumber Last Name Facts

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

Plumber occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plumber? popularity and diffusion

Plumber is the 1,061,269th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. Plumber occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Plumber are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Plumber is also the 1,125,792nd most common first name world-wide, held by 74 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 5,946,243. In India Plumber is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent reside, Delhi, where 1 percent reside and Telangana, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent reside and France, where 16 percent reside.

Plumber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plumber has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 82 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Plumber Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Plumber surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plummber9323/
Plumbert932/
Plumbe92226/
Plunber862/
Plumbey862/
Plumbee861/
Plumbie860/
Plombier8060/
Plumbi7752/
Plumby7725/
Pllumbi71567/
Plumboy7110/
Plumbaa712/
Plumboa712/
Pplumbi711/
Pëllumbi67752/
Pellumbi67560/
Pllumbaj67229/
Pèllumbi6716/
Ploumbis675/
Pëllumbaj63159/
Pellumbaj6356/
Plomby626/
Plomba623/
Plomboy572/
Pellunbi531/
Pllunbaj531/

Search for Another Surname

Plumber 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.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Plumber
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis