Plums Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Plums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia191:107,89715,192
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Plums Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plums (Arabic: بلمص) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plums? popularity and diffusion

Plums is the 3,485,539th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Plums are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 59 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 107,897. In Latvia Plums is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 95 percent live and Semigallia, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Plums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plums has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pluyms918/
Pluims911/
Plumms910/
Pluijms8362/
Pluns8082/
Plomås735/
Ploems731/
Pliuns731/
Plimms730/
Plehuns671/
Plusins671/
Pleutins621/
Plunz6066/
Plons6030/
Plunx601/
Plimz601/
Plunze5517/
Ploens557/
Plunce552/
Pillons50111/
Plaunch503/

Plums Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Plums in the Arabic language
بلمصblms-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • 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 Plums
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