The surname Plunk
A surname, carried by 2,140 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P452
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,140 people named Plunk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,274 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,031.
#14,064
rank among US surnames
2,140
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+5.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,696)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #14,058 | Stringfield | 2,142 | 144,139 |
| #14,062 | Calhoon | 2,141 | 144,206 |
| #14,064 | Frison | 2,140 | 144,274 |
| #14,067 | Castiglione | 2,139 | 144,341 |
| #14,070 | Mazon | 2,138 | 144,409 |
Who is named Plunk
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Plunk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Plunk has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.
Questions
- How common is the surname Plunk?
- 2,140 people in the United States had the surname Plunk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,274 Americans. It ranked 14,064th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Plunk?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Plunk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Plunk getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,140 in 2010, up 5.4%.