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The surname Plemons

A surname, carried by 2,123 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P455

Plemons: #14,152 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Plemons #14,152, 2,123 people Plemons: #14,152 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Plemons #14,152, 2,123 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plemons is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Plemmons.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,123 people named Plemons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,429 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,929.

#14,152
rank among US surnames
2,123
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+10.1%
change since 2000 (was #14,259)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,148Longwell2,124145,360
#14,152Renick2,123145,429
#14,155Lappin2,122145,497
#14,160Philippe2,121145,566

Who is named Plemons

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

94% of people named Plemons identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plemons

Plemons 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 Plemons come from?
Variant of Plemmons.
How common is the surname Plemons?
2,123 people in the United States had the surname Plemons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,429 Americans. It ranked 14,152nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plemons?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Plemons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Plemons getting more or less common?
More common. 1,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,123 in 2010, up 10%.