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Plunkett

in the US

There are 9,151 people with the last name "Plunkett" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Plunkett 3,055
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  1. is 3,051st most common Peek
  2. is 3,052nd most common Alaniz
  3. is 3,053rd most common Breeden
  4. is 3,054th most common Brackett
  5. is 3,055th most common Plunkett
  6. is 3,056th most common Leigh
  7. is 3,057th most common Cao
  8. is 3,058th most common Grantham
  9. is 3,059th most common Ragan

Most Common First Names for Plunkett

John, James, Robert, Michael, David, William, Thomas, Mary, Richard, Linda

Meaning & History

English and Irish:

  • 1. (of Norman origin): habitational name from a metathesized form of Plouquenet in Ille-et-Villaine, Brittany, so named from Breton plou ‘parish’ (from Latin plebs ‘people’) + Guenec, the personal name (a diminutive of guen ‘white’) of a somewhat obscure saint. As an Irish name, it has been Gaelicized as Pluincéid.
  • 2. alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of blankets, from Middle English blaunket (Anglo-Norman French blancquet, a diminutive of blanc ‘white’), but replacement of b by p is not usual in English.

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