How common is the surname Getty?

2,842 people in the United States had the surname Getty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. It ranked 11,142nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Getty?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Getty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Getty?

J. Paul Getty, American industrialist and art collector (1892–1976), followed by Estelle Getty.

Where is the surname Getty most common?

Wikidata records people named Getty in the United States.

How do you pronounce Getty?

Getty is /ˈɡɛti/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Getty getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,842 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Getty

A surname, carried by 2,842 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɛti/ 2 syllables Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Getty is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,842 people named Getty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,872.

#11,142

rank among US surnames

2,842

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #10,282)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,134	McWhirter	2,846	108,484
#11,135	Pernell	2,845	108,522
#11,138	Henrich	2,843	108,599
#11,142	Getty	2,842	108,637
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675

Who is named Getty

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

92% of people named Getty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gettys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Paul Getty
American industrialist and art collector (1892–1976)
Estelle Getty
American actress (1923–2008)
Balthazar Getty
American actor and musician, born 1975
Pia Getty
American filmmaker, born 1966
Gordon Getty
American businessman, investor, philanthropist and classical music composer, born 1933
George Getty
American lawyer (1855–1930)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Getty

Getty has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Questions

How common is the surname Getty?: 2,842 people in the United States had the surname Getty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. It ranked 11,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Getty?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Getty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Getty?: J. Paul Getty, American industrialist and art collector (1892–1976), followed by Estelle Getty.
Where is the surname Getty most common?: Wikidata records people named Getty in the United States.
How do you pronounce Getty?: Getty is /ˈɡɛti/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Getty getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,842 in 2010, down 1.0%.