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    The surname Fleet

    A surname, carried by 2,787 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /fliːt/ 1 syllable Soundex F430

    Fleet: #11,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fleet #11,322, 2,787 people Fleet: #11,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fleet #11,322, 2,787 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fleet is more common than 93% of them.

    Origin

    From fleet (“stream, estuary”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,787 people named Fleet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,424.

    #11,322
    rank among US surnames
    2,787
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15%
    change since 2000 (was #11,837)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,318Patil2,790110,661
    #11,319Twitchell2,789110,701
    #11,321Dorton2,788110,741
    #11,322Maharaj2,787110,781
    #11,327Markovich2,786110,820

    Who is named Fleet

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

    76% of people named Fleet identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fleets

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jo Van Fleet
      American actress (1915-1996)
    • James Fleet
      British actor, born 1952

    Notable Fleets come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fleet

    Fleet has the Soundex code F430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fleet come from?
    From fleet (“stream, estuary”).
    How common is the surname Fleet?
    2,787 people in the United States had the surname Fleet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fleet?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Fleet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fleet?
    Jo Van Fleet, American actress (1915-1996), followed by James Fleet.
    Where is the surname Fleet most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fleet in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Fleet?
    Fleet is /fliːt/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Fleet getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 15%.