How common is the surname Pelletier?

17,808 people in the United States had the surname Pelletier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,337 Americans. It ranked 2,026th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pelletier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pelletier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pelletier?

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, 19th‑century French nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1796–1868).

Where is the surname Pelletier most common?

Wikidata records people named Pelletier in France.

Is the surname Pelletier getting more or less common?

More common. 17,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,808 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Pelletier

A surname, carried by 17,808 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelletier is more common than 98.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,808 people named Pelletier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,337 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,267.

#2,026

rank among US surnames

17,808

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,911)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,017	Hwang	17,900	17,248
#2,018	Fong	17,889	17,259
#2,019	McCord	17,875	17,272
#2,020	Akins	17,868	17,279
#2,021	Bergman	17,846	17,301
#2,022	Delong	17,844	17,302
#2,023	Moreland	17,832	17,314

Who is named Pelletier

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

95% of people named Pelletier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pelletiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
19th‑century French nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1796–1868)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pelletier

Peltier

Pelletier has the Soundex code P436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P436.

Questions

How common is the surname Pelletier?: 17,808 people in the United States had the surname Pelletier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,337 Americans. It ranked 2,026th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelletier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pelletier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pelletier?: Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, 19th‑century French nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1796–1868).
Where is the surname Pelletier most common?: Wikidata records people named Pelletier in France.
Is the surname Pelletier getting more or less common?: More common. 17,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,808 in 2010, up 3.1%.