How common is the surname Plemmons?

2,324 people in the United States had the surname Plemmons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. It ranked 13,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plemmons?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Plemmons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Plemmons getting more or less common?

More common. 2,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,324 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Plemmons

A surname, carried by 2,324 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plemmons is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Altered form of Flemings.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,324 people named Plemmons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,302.

#13,160

rank among US surnames

2,324

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #12,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,153	Washam	2,327	132,680
#13,155	Huezo	2,326	132,737
#13,158	Cannella	2,325	132,794
#13,160	Neuhaus	2,324	132,851
#13,165	Pettyjohn	2,323	132,908
#13,166	Ziemer	2,322	132,965

Who is named Plemmons

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Plemmons identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Plemons

Surnames that sound like Plemmons

Plemmons has the Soundex code P455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P455.

Questions

Where does the surname Plemmons come from?: Altered form of Flemings.
How common is the surname Plemmons?: 2,324 people in the United States had the surname Plemmons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,851 Americans. It ranked 13,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plemmons?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Plemmons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Plemmons getting more or less common?: More common. 2,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,324 in 2010, up 1.0%.
What are other spellings of Plemmons?: Plemons.