Plum is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Plum
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Plum

How popular is Plum?

Plum is common in Germany.

Plum is ranked 50064 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Plum bearers increased by 1.945668 per cent in 2010 US census to 2777 since 2000, the surname slipped by 611 spots and ranked at 11362. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.23 93.76
Black 2.12 2.31
Hispanic or Latino 1.66 1.73
Others 1.58 0.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.94 0.81
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.47 0.48
Plum is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 9490 people have been found who wears Plum as their family name. Plum is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
98,953 Belarus7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
1,014,159 India4
11,480 Japan4
46,068 Philippines3
23,344 Austria2
54,641 Sweden2
9,185 Hong Kong2
12,844 Pakistan2
14,621 Croatia2
7,191 Afghanistan1
49,529 Israel1
47,891 Norway1
153,416 Italy1
36,814 Romania1
10,190 Bahrain1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
6,212 Jamaica1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,447 Uganda1
215 Palau1
18,969 Wales1
2,057 Myanmar1
3,307 Malta1
14,618 Guyana1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
146,725 Indonesia50
114,425 Ukraine34
57,245 Spain31
17,064 New Zealand31
36,547 Switzerland27
1,808 China25
3,830 Luxembourg20
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,590 Canada83
24,466 Belgium67
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Plum:
1,185 Denmark462
14,587 England398
36,063 Brazil318
37,175 France269
24,102 Poland239
12,528 Netherlands226
13,592 Australia201
30,064 South Africa183
100,473 Russia116
Countries with thousands of Plum:
10,556 United States3,444
2,746 Germany3,127
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Winny Plum from Great Britain aboard the Sarah Milledge from Galway during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 17 years old when she arrived in USA on July 17, 1850. P.P. Plum (39) Sugar Baker, are others that migrated to US.

Plum Namesakes

  • Andrew Plummer, Chemist
  • Amanda Plummer, Actress
  • Charles Plummer, Sheriff
  • James Hanway Plumridge, British member of Parliament
  • Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, British Political leader
  • Eve Plumb, Actress
  • Christopher Plummer, Theatre actor
  • Allard Plummer, Soccer player
  • Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Former High Commissioner of Palestine
  • Alois Plum, Artist

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