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plumer Name Meaning and History

  1. North German (Plümer) and English: variant of Plum, the suffix -er denoting habitation or occupation.
  2. Altered form of South German Pflümer, an occupational name for a grower or seller of plums, from an agent derivative of Middle High German pflume ‘plum’.
  3. English: variant of Plummer 1.
  4. English and Dutch: occupational name for a dealer in feathers and quills, from an agent derivative of Middle English plume, Middle Dutch pluim ‘feather’, ‘plume’.

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Distribution of plumer Families in the US in 1920
Number of plumer families
 20-37
 7-19
 1-6
 0
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