How common is the surname Plunkett?

10,758 people in the United States had the surname Plunkett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,699 Americans. It ranked 3,335th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Plunkett?

Roy J. Plunkett, American chemist (1910–1994), followed by Maryann Plunkett.

Where is the surname Plunkett most common?

Wikidata records people named Plunkett in the United States.

Is the surname Plunkett getting more or less common?

More common. 10,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,758 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Plunkett

A Norman place surname, carried by 10,758 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Plunkett is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Pleugueneuc, in Brittany, said to be from Breton plou (“parish”) (from Latin plebs) + the personal name Guenec, formed from gwenn (“white”). As an Irish surname, it has been Gaelicized in Pluincéid.

Plunkett is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,758 people named Plunkett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,699 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,571.

#3,335

rank among US surnames

10,758

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,133)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,326	Wolford	10,789	28,617
#3,328	Danner	10,786	28,625
#3,329	Gatlin	10,785	28,627
#3,330	Dunning	10,784	28,630
#3,331	Salcido	10,776	28,651
#3,332	Wilde	10,766	28,678
#3,333	Somers	10,762	28,688

Who is named Plunkett

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

85% of people named Plunkett identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Plunketts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy J. Plunkett
American chemist (1910–1994)
Maryann Plunkett
American actress, born 1953
Walter Plunkett
American costume designer (1902-1982)
Jim Plunkett
American football player (born 1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Plunkett

Plunk

Plunkett has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Plunkett come from?: From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Pleugueneuc, in Brittany, said to be from Breton plou (“parish”) (from Latin plebs) + the personal name Guenec, formed from gwenn (“white”). As an Irish surname, it has been Gaelicized in Pluincéid.
How common is the surname Plunkett?: 10,758 people in the United States had the surname Plunkett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,699 Americans. It ranked 3,335th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Plunkett?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Plunkett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Plunkett?: Roy J. Plunkett, American chemist (1910–1994), followed by Maryann Plunkett.
Where is the surname Plunkett most common?: Wikidata records people named Plunkett in the United States.
What type of surname is Plunkett?: Plunkett is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Plunkett getting more or less common?: More common. 10,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,758 in 2010, up 1.8%.