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    The surname Payette

    A French surname, carried by 1,265 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P300

    Payette: #20,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Payette #20,852, 1,265 people Payette: #20,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Payette #20,852, 1,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Payette is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Payette.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,265 people named Payette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,303.

    #20,852
    rank among US surnames
    1,265
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Payette

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

    96% of people named Payette identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Payettes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Payette

    Payette has the Soundex code P300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P300.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Payette come from?
    Borrowed from French Payette.
    How common is the surname Payette?
    1,265 people in the United States had the surname Payette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Payette?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Payette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Payette?
    Julie Payette, 29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963).
    Where is the surname Payette most common?
    Wikidata records people named Payette in Canada.
    Is the surname Payette getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, down 2.9%.