How common is the surname Plumlee?

2,507 people in the United States had the surname Plumlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. It ranked 12,399th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plumlee?

Miles Plumlee, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Marshall Plumlee.

Where is the surname Plumlee most common?

Wikidata records people named Plumlee in the United States.

Is the surname Plumlee getting more or less common?

More common. 2,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,507 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Plumlee

A surname, carried by 2,507 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P454

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plumlee is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,507 people named Plumlee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,485.

#12,399

rank among US surnames

2,507

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006
#12,395	Melia	2,509	123,055
#12,397	Banfield	2,508	123,104
#12,399	Lipman	2,507	123,153
#12,407	Keithley	2,506	123,203

Who is named Plumlee

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

92% of people named Plumlee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plumlees

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Miles Plumlee
American basketball player (born 1988)
Marshall Plumlee
American basketball player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Plumlee

Plumlee has the Soundex code P454, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P454.

Questions

How common is the surname Plumlee?: 2,507 people in the United States had the surname Plumlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,153 Americans. It ranked 12,399th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plumlee?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Plumlee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Plumlee?: Miles Plumlee, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Marshall Plumlee.
Where is the surname Plumlee most common?: Wikidata records people named Plumlee in the United States.
Is the surname Plumlee getting more or less common?: More common. 2,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,507 in 2010, up 0.9%.