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    The surname Plowden

    An English surname, carried by 1,280 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P435

    Plowden: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Plowden #20,676, 1,280 people Plowden: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Plowden #20,676, 1,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plowden is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English plega + denu, recorded as Plaueden in 1252.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,280 people named Plowden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,194.

    #20,676
    rank among US surnames
    1,280
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,618)

    Who is named Plowden

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

    70% of people named Plowden identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 70%
    • White (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Plowdens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daeqwon Plowden
      American basketball player (born 1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Plowden

    Plowden has the Soundex code P435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P435.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Plowden come from?
    From Old English plega + denu, recorded as Plaueden in 1252.
    How common is the surname Plowden?
    1,280 people in the United States had the surname Plowden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Plowden?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Plowden identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Plowden?
    Daeqwon Plowden, American basketball player (born 1998).
    Where is the surname Plowden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Plowden in the United States.
    Is the surname Plowden getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, up 7.2%.