# Emmet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/emmet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 247 |
| US rank (2010) | 77,522 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,249,982 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.6% (251 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Emmett |

## Etymology

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Emmet in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Emmet in the United States.

## People named Emmet

- Lydia Field Emmet, American artist (1866-1952)
- Jane Emmet de Glehn, American artist (1873-1961)
- William Le Roy Emmet, American engineer (1859–1941)
- Rosina Emmet Sherwood, American painter (1854–1948)

## Similar surnames

Emmett, Endo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.