# Peet (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,434 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,471 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,908 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (3,285 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Peets |

## Etymology

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peet 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peet in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Peet

- Amanda Peet, American actress
- Bill Peet, Artist, illustrator, author, animator and story teller (1915-2002)
- T. Eric Peet, British egyptologist (1882–1934)

## Similar surnames

Petty, Pete, Peete, Petti, Peed, Pettey, Pett, Peto, Peth, Pate, Pitt, Piatt.

## 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.