How common is the surname Plumer?

1,152 people in the United States had the surname Plumer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,008 Americans. It ranked 22,359th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plumer?

Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, British Army general and High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1857-1932, followed by William Plumer.

Where is the surname Plumer most common?

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

Is the surname Plumer getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,152 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Plumer

A surname, carried by 1,152 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plumer is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,152 people named Plumer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,008 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,167.

#22,359

rank among US surnames

1,152

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,995)

Who is named Plumer

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

86% of people named Plumer identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plumers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1962

Notable Plumers come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plumer

Plumer has the Soundex code P456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P456.

Questions

How common is the surname Plumer?: 1,152 people in the United States had the surname Plumer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,008 Americans. It ranked 22,359th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plumer?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Plumer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Plumer?: Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, British Army general and High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1857-1932, followed by William Plumer.
Where is the surname Plumer most common?: Wikidata records people named Plumer in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Plumer getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,152 in 2010, down 1.3%.