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    The surname Patillo

    A surname, carried by 1,823 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P340

    Patillo: #15,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Patillo #15,938, 1,823 people Patillo: #15,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Patillo #15,938, 1,823 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Patillo is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,823 people named Patillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,602.

    #15,938
    rank among US surnames
    1,823
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,517)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,931Murch1,824169,268
    #15,938Allyn1,823169,361
    #15,947Butner1,822169,454

    Who is named Patillo

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

    60% of people named Patillo identified as Black (not Hispanic), 30% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 60%
    • White (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Patillos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Melba Pattillo Beals
      American journalist and educator, born 1941

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Patillo

    Patillo has the Soundex code P340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Patillo?
    1,823 people in the United States had the surname Patillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. It ranked 15,938th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Patillo?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Patillo identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Patillo?
    Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and educator.
    Where is the surname Patillo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Patillo in the United States.
    Is the surname Patillo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,823 in 2010, up 14%.