Plumejeau Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Plumejeau Surname User-submission:

An old French name meaning 'feather of a cock' (the animal), a nickname given to thieves.

Plumejeau Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2361:281,45243,215
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Plumejeau Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

An old French name meaning 'feather of a cock' (the animal), a nickname given to thieves.

- plumejeaus
DNA test information

Plumejeau Last Name Facts

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

Plumejeau is most common in France. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plumejeau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,020,242nd most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Plumejeau reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 281,452. In France it is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 73 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 11 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 6 percent live. Beside France it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Plumejeaud9523/
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Plumejault8493/
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Plumeeh756/
Plumaje752/
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Plumejit716/
Plumey67562/
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Plumay672/
Plumuj671/
Plumie670/
Pllumaj63209/
Plumiey632/
Plumeit631/
Ploumou631/
Plumoey631/
Plummie631/
Plummey630/
Pellumaj5939/
Pëllumaj597/
Pillumue591/
Pllumgaj591/
Plomey536/
Plimey533/
Pluméy532/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plumejeau
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