Plumer Surname
Approximately 2,262 people bear this surname
Plumer 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 SurnamePlumer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,636 | 1:221,552 | 21,472 |
| England | 137 | 1:406,701 | 27,895 |
| France | 126 | 1:527,164 | 72,630 |
| Luxembourg | 121 | 1:4,798 | 674 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 1:227,622 | 2,745 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 205 | 1:118,904 | 11,373 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,477 | 1:34,000 | 4,070 |
The alternate forms: Plümer (1,349) are calculated separately.
Plumer (81) may also be a first name.
Plumer 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.
From the occupation, an artisan who worked in lead, originally applied to a man who also dealt in lead, OF. Plummier, NF. plombier. Wilyam Plumer of Tweddale, burgess of Andirstoun (i.e. St. Andrews), was indentured to "theke the mekil quer with lede and guttir yt al about sulficiandly with lede" (RAA., II, 43). At the end of the indenture, which is dated 16th February 1394-5, he is again mentioned as "Wilyam of Tweddal plummer." in 1420 there is mention of the 'skalt hows" of Richard Johnson "in the quhilkis duellis Nichol Plumber" (ibid., 53). Alexander Plumbar was tenant of Kyncregh Grange in 1460 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 133), Pait Plumer and Dandie Plumer were tenants of the abbot of Kelso in 1567 (Kelso, p. 523,529), and in 1642 Andrew alias Dand Plumbar, son of John Plumbar in Kelso, was retoured heir in lands in the bailiary of Lauderdaill (Retours, Berwick, 243). Sir John Plumbar was vicar of Rendochty in 1472 (Bamff, p. 30), Alexander Plumber was factor to William, earl of Roxburgh, in 1661 (RRM., I, p. 337), and Margaret Plumber is recorded in Kelso in 1682 (Peebles CR.).
(Anglo-French-Latin) 1 Feather-DressER [ French plumier; from plume, a feather, plume, Latin pluma] 2 Plumber [French plombier; from plomb, Latin plumb-um, lead] (English) = Plum(m (English), q.v. + the agential suff. -er.
John le Plumer.—Hundred Rolls
(English) A dealer in plumes or feathers; same as Plummer, q.v.
A plumber, or worker in lead.
William Plemer, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Gilbert, Thomas le Plumer, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Plumer Demographics
Plumer Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Plumer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plumer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plumer (Russian: Плумер) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Plümer. Click here for further possible spellings of Plumer.
How Common Is The Last Name Plumer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 187,069th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,221,727 people. Plumer is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Plumer live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 81 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,636 people, or 1 in 221,552. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in 32 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.
Plumer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Plumer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Plumer surname rose 111 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Plumer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Plumer last name is primarily Catholic (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Plumer surname are 10.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.93% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Plumer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.09% more than the national average, earning $47,073 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.04% more than the national average, earning $60,635 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Plumer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plumer in the Russian language | ||
| Плумер | plumer | - |
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Plumer 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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