How common is the surname Plouffe?

1,353 people in the United States had the surname Plouffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plouffe?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plouffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Plouffe?

Maeve Plouffe, Australian cyclist.

Where is the surname Plouffe most common?

Wikidata records people named Plouffe in Australia.

Is the surname Plouffe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Plouffe

A surname, carried by 1,353 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plouffe is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,353 people named Plouffe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,377.

#19,865

rank among US surnames

1,353

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,499)

Who is named Plouffe

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

93% of people named Plouffe identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plouffes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maeve Plouffe
Australian cyclist, born 1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pluff

Surnames that sound like Plouffe

Ploof

Plouffe has the Soundex code P410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P410.

Questions

How common is the surname Plouffe?: 1,353 people in the United States had the surname Plouffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plouffe?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plouffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plouffe?: Maeve Plouffe, Australian cyclist.
Where is the surname Plouffe most common?: Wikidata records people named Plouffe in Australia.
Is the surname Plouffe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, down 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Plouffe?: Pluff.