How common is the surname Padgett?

25,413 people in the United States had the surname Padgett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,149 Americans. It ranked 1,397th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Padgett?

Ron Padgett, American writer and translator (born 1942).

Where is the surname Padgett most common?

Wikidata records people named Padgett in the United States.

Is the surname Padgett getting more or less common?

More common. 24,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,413 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Padgett

A surname, carried by 25,413 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P323

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Padgett is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,413 people named Padgett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,149 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,854.

#1,397

rank among US surnames

25,413

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,301)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,388	Smart	25,528	12,094
#1,389	Beatty	25,510	12,103
#1,390	Serna	25,503	12,106
#1,391	Meier	25,486	12,114
#1,392	Robison	25,450	12,131
#1,393	Swartz	25,444	12,134
#1,394	Seymour	25,436	12,138

Who is named Padgett

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

89% of people named Padgett identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Padgetts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ron Padgett
American writer and translator (born 1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Padgett

Paget

Padgett has the Soundex code P323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P323.

Questions

How common is the surname Padgett?: 25,413 people in the United States had the surname Padgett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,149 Americans. It ranked 1,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Padgett?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Padgett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Padgett?: Ron Padgett, American writer and translator (born 1942).
Where is the surname Padgett most common?: Wikidata records people named Padgett in the United States.
Is the surname Padgett getting more or less common?: More common. 24,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,413 in 2010, up 2.2%.