# Paynter (surname)

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

A surname meaning "the head/end of the land" (penn an tir) in the Cornish language.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,322 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,756 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,940 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (3,239 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paynter 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paynter in the United States.

## People named Paynter

- Thomas H. Paynter, American politician (1851–1921)
- Samuel Paynter, American politician (1768-1845)

## Similar surnames

Painter, Pointer, Poynter, Pinter, Panter, Panther, Ponder, Pendergrass, Pender, Pinder, Pendergast, Pendergraft.

## 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.