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Early Origins of the Plouffe family

The surname Plouffe was first found in Brittany.

Early History of the Plouffe family

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Plouffe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Plouffe, Plouf, Ploufe, Plouff and others.

Early Notables of the Plouffe family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

  • Antoine Plouffe was a carpenter in Bord-A-Plouffe in 1871
  • Camille Plouffe was a butcher in Montreal in 1871
  • Joseph Plouffe was a farmer in Saint-Come in 1871
  • Martin Plouffe was a pilot in Bord-A-Plouffe in 1871
  • François Plouffe was a blacksmith in Saint-Jude in 1891
  • Francis Plouffe was a shoemaker in Montreal in 1891

Plouffe World Ranking

In the United States, the name Plouffe is the 15,379th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Plouffe is ranked the 788th most popular surname with an estimated 6,822 people with that name. 2 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Plouffe is the 314th popular surname. 3


Plouffe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Plouffe Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Plouffe married in Verchères in 1733
  • Marie-Angélique Plouffe married in Verchères in 1738

Plouffe migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Plouffe Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Ursule Plouffe married in Ragéot in 1687
Plouffe Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Marie-Louise Plouffe married in De-La-Fosse, Quebec in 1737
  • François Plouffe married in Saint-Dénis-sur-Richelieu in 1746
  • Geneviève Plouffe married in Saint-Mathias in 1782

Contemporary Notables of the name Plouffe (post 1700) +

  • Trevor Patrick Plouffe (b. 1986), American Major League Baseball third baseman for the Minnesota Twins
  • David Plouffe (b. 1967), American campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
  • Katherine Plouffe (b. 1992), Canadian two-time gold and silver medalist basketball player for the Canadian national team, twin sister of Michelle Plouffe
  • Steve Plouffe (b. 1975), retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
  • Michelle Plouffe (b. 1992), Canadian basketball player who played for the Canada women's national basketball team at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Simon Plouffe (b. 1956), Canadian mathematician in Quebec who discovered the formula for the BBP algorithm


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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