How common is the surname Plum?

2,777 people in the United States had the surname Plum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,180 Americans. It ranked 11,362nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plum?

Kelsey Plum, American basketball player (born 1994).

Where is the surname Plum most common?

Wikidata records people named Plum in the United States.

Is the surname Plum getting more or less common?

More common. 2,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,777 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Plum

A surname, carried by 2,777 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plum is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,777 people named Plum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,180 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,724.

#11,362

rank among US surnames

2,777

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,751)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,354	Carmon	2,779	111,100
#11,355	Summer	2,778	111,140
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180
#11,365	Cogar	2,776	111,220
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300

Who is named Plum

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

93% of people named Plum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plums

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kelsey Plum
American basketball player (born 1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plum

Plum has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.

Questions

How common is the surname Plum?: 2,777 people in the United States had the surname Plum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,180 Americans. It ranked 11,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plum?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Plum?: Kelsey Plum, American basketball player (born 1994).
Where is the surname Plum most common?: Wikidata records people named Plum in the United States.
Is the surname Plum getting more or less common?: More common. 2,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,777 in 2010, up 1.9%.