How common is the surname Peet?

3,434 people in the United States had the surname Peet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,908 Americans. It ranked 9,471st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Peet?

Amanda Peet, American actress, followed by Bill Peet.

Where is the surname Peet most common?

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

Is the surname Peet getting more or less common?

More common. 3,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,434 in 2010, up 4.5%.

Is Peet also a first name?

Yes. Peet is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Peet

An English patronymic surname, carried by 3,434 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peet is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.

Peet is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,434 people named Peet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,908 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,285.

#9,471

rank among US surnames

3,434

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,129)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935
#9,479	Umanzor	3,432	89,961

Who is named Peet

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

82% of people named Peet identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Peets

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amanda Peet
American actress, born 1972
Bill Peet
Artist, illustrator, author, animator and story teller (1915-2002)
T. Eric Peet
British egyptologist (1882–1934)

Notable Peets come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Peets

Surnames that sound like Peet

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Peet come from?: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
How common is the surname Peet?: 3,434 people in the United States had the surname Peet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,908 Americans. It ranked 9,471st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peet?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Peet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Peet?: Amanda Peet, American actress, followed by Bill Peet.
Where is the surname Peet most common?: Wikidata records people named Peet in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Peet?: Peet is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Peet getting more or less common?: More common. 3,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,434 in 2010, up 4.5%.
What are other spellings of Peet?: Peets.
Is Peet also a first name?: Yes. Peet is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.