# Panetta (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,635 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,311 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 188,835 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (1,600 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Panetta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Panetta 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Panetta in the United States.

## People named Panetta

- Leon Panetta, American politician, Secretary of Defense 2011–2013

## Similar surnames

Pandey, Pinette, Penta, Pandya, Pineda, Pinto, Puente, Pond, Pinedo, Pound, Pando, Ponte.

## 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.