How common is the surname Dutt?

1,622 people in the United States had the surname Dutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. It ranked 17,398th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dutt?

Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873), followed by Rajani Palme Dutt.

Where is the surname Dutt most common?

Wikidata records people named Dutt in British Raj, the United Kingdom and India.

Is the surname Dutt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,622 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Dutt

A surname, carried by 1,622 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dutt is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname from Middle English, Punjabi, or German.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,622 people named Dutt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,375.

#17,398

rank among US surnames

1,622

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18%

change since 2000 (was #18,520)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,392	Slavens	1,623	190,231
#17,398	Olaughlin	1,622	190,349
#17,406	Beaudette	1,621	190,466

Who is named Dutt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

46% of people named Dutt identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 46%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Dutts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873)
Rajani Palme Dutt
British communist and journalist (1896–1974)
Manyata Dutt
Actress, born 1979

Notable Dutts come mostly from British Raj (1), the United Kingdom (1) and India (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dutt

Dutt has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

Questions

How common is the surname Dutt?: 1,622 people in the United States had the surname Dutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. It ranked 17,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dutt?: In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Dutt identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dutt?: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873), followed by Rajani Palme Dutt.
Where is the surname Dutt most common?: Wikidata records people named Dutt in British Raj, the United Kingdom and India.
Is the surname Dutt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,622 in 2010, up 18%.