Plouffe is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Plouffe
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: The name is taken in Quebec, where it is present since the seventeenth century. The first torchbearer was Jean Blouf and came from Paris. Other spellings met: Splash, Ploss, Ploof, Pluff. Difficult to find the meaning. Say Blouf could match the old French "baloffe" (= ball of wheat or oat straw mattress).

How popular is Plouffe?

Plouffe is common in United States.

Plouffe is ranked 62362 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Plouffes plummeted by 1.742919 per cent to 1353 since 2000 and slipped by 1366 spots and ranked at 19865. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.68 92.96
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 1.96
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.29 2.69
Others 1.18 1.82
Plouffe is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Canada which signifies that it is originated from Canada. Around 7363 people have been found who wears Plouffe as their family name. Plouffe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214,847 Australia4
2,011 South Korea4
10,686 Costa Rica3
219,873 France2
20,595 China2
42,479 Greece1
169,904 Brazil1
62,864 New Zealand1
34,581 Chile1
7,292 Vietnam1
31,207 Ireland1
91,024 Belgium1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
126,462 England22
Countries with thousands of Plouffe:
900 Canada5,544
18,385 United States1,775

Plouffe Namesakes

  • Trevor Plouffe, Baseball player
  • David Plouffe, Political strategist
  • Katherine Plouffe, Basketball Player
  • Michelle Plouffe, Basketball player
  • Katherine Plouffe, Basketball Player
  • Michelle Plouffe, Basketball player
  • Trevor Plouffe, Baseball player
  • Trevor Plouffe, Baseball player
  • Katherine Plouffe, Basketball Player

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