# Plumer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/plumer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,152 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,359 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 268,008 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (1,167 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Plumer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Plumer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Plumer

- Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, British Army general and High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1857-1932
- William Plumer, American politician (1759–1850)
- PattiSue Plumer, American track and field athlete

## Similar surnames

Palmer, Plummer, Palmieri, Palmeri, Palomera, Palmerin, Palomares, Palmore, Palomar.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.