# Plummer (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,596 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,382 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,062 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (24,665 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈplʌm.əɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Plimmer |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Plummer 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Plummer in the United States, Australia, Jamaica and the United Kingdom.

## People named Plummer

- Amanda Plummer, American actress
- Charlie Plummer, American actor
- Glenn E. Plummer, American actor (1961-)
- Penelope Plummer, Australian model, actress, and beauty queen
- David Plummer, American swimmer
- Kathryn Plummer, American volleyballer
- Konya Plummer, association football player
- Sara Plummer Lemmon, American botanist (1836-1923)
- Jake Plummer, American football player (born 1974)
- Henry Crozier Keating Plummer, British astronomer
- Henry Plummer, American sheriff (1832–1864)

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.