# Painter (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the common noun.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,969 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,641 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,054 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (21,725 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Paynter |

## Etymology

See painter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Painter 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Painter in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Painter

- William Hunt Painter, British curate, rector, botanist and botanical collector (1835-1910)
- Nell Irvin Painter, American historian
- William Painter, American inventor (1838–1906)
- Owen Painter, American actor (born 1997)
- Eleanor Painter Strong, American opera singer

## Similar surnames

Pointer, Pinder, Poynter, Pinter, Paynter, Pintor, Panter, Panther, Ponder, Pendergrass, Pender, Pendergast.

## 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.