How common is the surname Panetta?

1,635 people in the United States had the surname Panetta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. It ranked 17,311th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Panetta?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Panetta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Panetta?

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

Where is the surname Panetta most common?

Wikidata records people named Panetta in the United States.

Is the surname Panetta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,635 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Panetta

An Italian surname, carried by 1,635 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Panetta is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Panetta.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,635 people named Panetta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,600.

#17,311

rank among US surnames

1,635

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,311	Hornyak	1,635	188,835
#17,319	Schmeling	1,634	188,951

Who is named Panetta

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

95% of people named Panetta identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Panettas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leon Panetta
American politician, Secretary of Defense 2011–2013

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Panetta

Panetta has the Soundex code P530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P530.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Panetta come from?: Borrowed from Italian Panetta.
How common is the surname Panetta?: 1,635 people in the United States had the surname Panetta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. It ranked 17,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Panetta?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Panetta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Panetta?: Leon Panetta, American politician, Secretary of Defense 2011–2013.
Where is the surname Panetta most common?: Wikidata records people named Panetta in the United States.
Is the surname Panetta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,635 in 2010, up 2.2%.