Plummer Surname
Approximately 50,275 people bear this surname
Plummer 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 SurnamePlummer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33,327 | 1:10,876 | 1,335 |
| England | 7,055 | 1:7,898 | 1,156 |
| Australia | 3,149 | 1:8,573 | 1,274 |
| Jamaica | 3,142 | 1:913 | 170 |
| Canada | 1,612 | 1:22,857 | 3,108 |
| New Zealand | 462 | 1:9,802 | 1,705 |
| Wales | 204 | 1:15,169 | 1,654 |
| Saint Lucia | 170 | 1:1,052 | 203 |
| Scotland | 145 | 1:36,923 | 3,561 |
| Panama | 129 | 1:30,328 | 1,771 |
| South Africa | 107 | 1:506,334 | 41,014 |
| Ireland | 99 | 1:47,565 | 3,501 |
| Northern Ireland | 58 | 1:31,811 | 3,241 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Guyana | 49 | 1:15,556 | 2,085 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Costa Rica | 34 | 1:140,590 | 2,066 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Belize | 20 | 1:17,774 | 1,683 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 1:75,776 | 5,658 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 128 | 1:34,608 | 3,324 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,552 | 1:6,862 | 1,058 |
| Wales | 102 | 1:15,377 | 914 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:233,951 | 8,207 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,924 | 1:7,253 | 923 |
The alternate forms: Plümmer (18) are calculated separately.
Plummer (371) may also be a first name.
Plummer 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.
(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) One who worked, or dealt in, lead.
A plumber, or worker in lead.
From the French, Plumard, Plumet, Plumier; a personal name.
Plummer Demographics
Average Plummer Salary in
United States
$42,787 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Plummer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Plummer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Plummer (Arabic: بلومر, Marathi: लुमेर) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Plümmer. Click here to see other possible spellings of Plummer.
How Common Is The Last Name Plummer? popularity and diffusion
Plummer is the 11,171st most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 144,954 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Plummer are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 450,877th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 371 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 33,327 people, or 1 in 10,876. In The United States Plummer is most frequent in: California, where 7 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States Plummer exists in 80 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Plummer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Plummer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 481 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 906 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 23 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Plummer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Plummer surname is chiefly Catholic (63%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Plummer last name are 10.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.83% being registered with the party.
The amount Plummer earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 47.53% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,598 per year; in South Africa they earn 9.92% more than the national average, earning R 261,204 per year; in United States they earn 0.84% less than the national average, earning $42,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.05% more than the national average, earning $53,187 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Plummer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Plummer in the Marathi language | ||
| लुमेर | lumera | - |
| Plummer in the Arabic language | ||
| بلومر | blwmr | - |
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Plummer Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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