# Peete (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,029 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,662 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 152,166 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (1,603 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peete 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) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peete in the United States.

## People named Peete

- Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer

## Similar surnames

Pete, Peet, Peed, Pettie, Pett, Peto, Peth, Petty, Pate, Pitt, Piatt, Pettway.

## 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.