# Fleet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fleet/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,787 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,322 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,781 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (2,424 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fliːt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From fleet (“stream, estuary”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fleet 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fleet in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Fleet

- Jo Van Fleet, American actress (1915-1996)
- James Fleet, British actor

## Similar surnames

Felt, Floyd, Field, Flood, Flatt, Felty, Follett, Feld, Fullwood, Feldt, Fludd, Flythe.

## 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.