How common is the surname Plumb?

4,372 people in the United States had the surname Plumb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,619 Americans. It ranked 7,601st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Plumb?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Plumb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Plumb?

Eve Plumb, American actress, painter, followed by Michael Plumb.

Where is the surname Plumb most common?

Wikidata records people named Plumb in the United States.

Is the surname Plumb getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,372 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Plumb

A surname, carried by 4,372 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P451

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plumb is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,372 people named Plumb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,619 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,426.

#7,601

rank among US surnames

4,372

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,984)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,597	Mertens	4,375	70,570
#7,599	Renshaw	4,374	70,587
#7,600	Peele	4,373	70,603
#7,601	Bachmann	4,372	70,619
#7,605	Smedley	4,371	70,635

Who is named Plumb

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

94% of people named Plumb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plumbs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eve Plumb
American actress, painter, born 1958
Michael Plumb
American equestrian, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plumb

Plumb has the Soundex code P451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P451.

Questions

How common is the surname Plumb?: 4,372 people in the United States had the surname Plumb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,619 Americans. It ranked 7,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plumb?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Plumb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Plumb?: Eve Plumb, American actress, painter, followed by Michael Plumb.
Where is the surname Plumb most common?: Wikidata records people named Plumb in the United States.
Is the surname Plumb getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,372 in 2010, down 1.2%.