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    The surname Pellett

    A French occupational surname, carried by 647 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P430

    Pellett: #34,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pellett #34,878, 647 people Pellett: #34,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pellett #34,878, 647 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pellett is more common than 78.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Either from a pet form of the personal name Pell, or a metonymic occupational surname for a furrier, from Old French pellet (“fur”).

    Pellett is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 647 people named Pellett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 477,196 Americans. That is down 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 923.

    #34,878
    rank among US surnames
    647
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -29.9%
    change since 2000 (was #25,199)

    Who is named Pellett

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

    94% of people named Pellett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pellett

    Pellett has the Soundex code P430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P430.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pellett come from?
    Either from a pet form of the personal name Pell, or a metonymic occupational surname for a furrier, from Old French pellet (“fur”).
    How common is the surname Pellett?
    647 people in the United States had the surname Pellett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,196 Americans. It ranked 34,878th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pellett?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pellett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Pellett?
    Pellett is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Pellett getting more or less common?
    Less common. 923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 647 in 2010, down 30%.