Plunkett Family History
Plunkett Name Meaning
(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.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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Plunkett Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Plunkett families
 120 - 237  41 - 119 |
 1 - 40  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Plunkett families
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124 - 246 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Plunkett families
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45 - 88 16 - 44 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Plunkett Family Origin
Plunkett Immigration Information
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Plunkett Family Occupations
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