How common is the surname Plummer?

25,596 people in the United States had the surname Plummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,062 Americans. It ranked 1,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plummer?

Amanda Plummer, American actress, followed by Charlie Plummer.

Where is the surname Plummer most common?

Wikidata records people named Plummer in the United States, Australia and Jamaica and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Plummer?

Plummer is /ˈplʌm.əɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Plummer getting more or less common?

More common. 24,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,596 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Plummer

An occupational surname, carried by 25,596 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈplʌm.əɹ/ 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). Plummer is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation.

Plummer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,596 people named Plummer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,062 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,665.

#1,382

rank among US surnames

25,596

people in 2010

8.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,309)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,373	Ott	25,738	11,996
#1,374	Ocampo	25,720	12,004
#1,375	Aviles	25,716	12,006
#1,376	Nieto	25,701	12,013
#1,377	Ervin	25,698	12,014
#1,378	Gore	25,648	12,038
#1,379	Shafer	25,641	12,041

Who is named Plummer

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

69% of people named Plummer identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plummers

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amanda Plummer
American actress, born 1957
Charlie Plummer
American actor, born 1999
Glenn E. Plummer
American actor (1961-)
Penelope Plummer
Australian model, actress, and beauty queen, born 1949
David Plummer
American swimmer, born 1985
Kathryn Plummer
American volleyballer, born 1998
Konya Plummer
Association football player, born 1997
Sara Plummer Lemmon
American botanist (1836-1923)
Jake Plummer
American football player (born 1974)
Henry Crozier Keating Plummer
British astronomer, 1875–1946
Henry Plummer
American sheriff (1832–1864)

Notable Plummers come mostly from the United States (8), Australia (1) and Jamaica (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Plimmer

Surnames that sound like Plummer

Plummer 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 Plummer?: 25,596 people in the United States had the surname Plummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,062 Americans. It ranked 1,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plummer?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Plummer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Plummer?: Amanda Plummer, American actress, followed by Charlie Plummer.
Where is the surname Plummer most common?: Wikidata records people named Plummer in the United States, Australia and Jamaica and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Plummer?: Plummer is /ˈplʌm.əɹ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Plummer?: Plummer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Plummer getting more or less common?: More common. 24,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,596 in 2010, up 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Plummer?: Plimmer.