Plym Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Plym Surname Definition:

PLYMM: The Plym, a river of Devonshire, which gives names to Plympton, Plymstock, and Plymouth.

Plym Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:2,449,047150,246
Sweden1421:69,3435,253
Finland551:99,94010,215
Cambodia181:860,3975,106
Estonia121:110,15019,471
England51:11,143,612252,590
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Plym Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

PLYMM: The Plym, a river of Devonshire, which gives names to Plympton, Plymstock, and Plymouth.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Plym Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plym is found most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Plym.

How Common Is The Last Name Plym? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 748,537th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Plym live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 2,449,047. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 16 percent reside, New York, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The United States Plym occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 37 percent reside and Finland, where 14 percent reside.

Plym Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Plym has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Plym last name expanded 14,800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Plym Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Plym are 12.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.52% registered to vote for the political party.

Plym earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.47% less than the national average, earning $41,653 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pluym89988/
Pleym89258/
Phlym8972/
Plyhm8966/
Plymh893/
Plyme893/
Playm891/
Pellym802/
Playme801/
Plem75231/
Plim7598/
Pluim671,750/
Pliem67137/
Pleim67111/
Plaim6746/
Plehm6726/
Pleme6712/
Pleam6710/
Phlim676/
Pleem673/
Phlem673/
Pleum672/
Plemm671/
Pllem671/
Plime670/
Plimm670/
Pflem670/
Pillem60614/
Pluijm60368/
Pellem60187/
Pillim60114/
Pellim6084/
Pletme6015/
Phleem601/
Phleum601/
Plehme600/
Pilleem554/
Pillaim554/
Pillime551/
Pelleme551/
Pilliem551/
Pilleam551/
Pelleam550/
Peheleme5013/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plym
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