# Perret (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/perret/  
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 | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,125 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,770 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,440 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (1,102 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Perrett or borrowed from French Perret.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perret 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) | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Perret in the United States.

## People named Perret

- Sidonie de la Houssaye, American writer (1820–1894)

## Similar surnames

Perdue, Perrotta, Peart, Parrett, Pereda, Perritt, Prete, Peretti, Pratt, Pruitt, Prado, Prieto.

## 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.