How common is the surname Painter?

21,969 people in the United States had the surname Painter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,054 Americans. It ranked 1,641st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Painter?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Painter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Painter?

William Hunt Painter, British curate, rector, botanist and botanical collector (1835-1910), followed by Nell Irvin Painter.

Where is the surname Painter most common?

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

Is the surname Painter getting more or less common?

More common. 21,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,969 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Painter

A surname, carried by 21,969 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Painter is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

See painter.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,969 people named Painter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,054 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,725.

#1,641

rank among US surnames

21,969

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,632	Silver	22,052	14,001
#1,633	Ojeda	22,045	14,005
#1,634	Geiger	22,039	14,009
#1,635	Dodge	22,035	14,012
#1,637	Lujan	22,021	14,021
#1,638	Babcock	22,016	14,024
#1,639	Hand	22,006	14,030

Who is named Painter

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

94% of people named Painter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Painters

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Hunt Painter
British curate, rector, botanist and botanical collector (1835-1910)
Nell Irvin Painter
American historian, born 1942
William Painter
American inventor (1838–1906)
Owen Painter
American actor (born 1997)
Eleanor Painter Strong
American opera singer, 1881–1947

Notable Painters come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Paynter

Surnames that sound like Painter

Painter has the Soundex code P536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P536.

Questions

Where does the surname Painter come from?: See painter.
How common is the surname Painter?: 21,969 people in the United States had the surname Painter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,054 Americans. It ranked 1,641st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Painter?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Painter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Painter?: William Hunt Painter, British curate, rector, botanist and botanical collector (1835-1910), followed by Nell Irvin Painter.
Where is the surname Painter most common?: Wikidata records people named Painter in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Painter getting more or less common?: More common. 21,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,969 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Painter?: Paynter.