# Payette (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/payette/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,265 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,852 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 244,068 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.9% (1,303 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Payette.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Payette 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Payette in Canada.

## People named Payette

- Julie Payette, 29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963)

## Similar surnames

Pyatt, Petty, Patti, Patty, Patt, Pattee, Pettey, Pettie, Pett, Pat, Pate, Pitt.

## 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.