How common is the surname Plowman?

3,757 people in the United States had the surname Plowman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plowman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Plowman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Plowman?

Timothy Plowman, American ethnobotanist (1944-1989).

Where is the surname Plowman most common?

Wikidata records people named Plowman in the United States.

Is the surname Plowman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Plowman

An occupational surname, carried by 3,757 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). Plowman is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a plowman.

Plowman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,757 people named Plowman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,552.

#8,728

rank among US surnames

3,757

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,539)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,723	Glasscock	3,761	82,091
#8,724	Grundy	3,759	82,135
#8,727	Swiger	3,758	82,157
#8,728	Werth	3,757	82,179
#8,732	Chien	3,756	82,201
#8,734	Gilkey	3,755	82,223

Who is named Plowman

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

95% of people named Plowman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plowmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy Plowman
American ethnobotanist (1944-1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Plowman

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

Questions

How common is the surname Plowman?: 3,757 people in the United States had the surname Plowman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,179 Americans. It ranked 8,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plowman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Plowman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plowman?: Timothy Plowman, American ethnobotanist (1944-1989).
Where is the surname Plowman most common?: Wikidata records people named Plowman in the United States.
What type of surname is Plowman?: Plowman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Plowman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,757 in 2010, up 5.8%.