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    The surname Perritt

    A surname, carried by 1,306 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Perritt: #20,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Perritt #20,348, 1,306 people Perritt: #20,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Perritt #20,348, 1,306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perritt is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,306 people named Perritt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,277.

    #20,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,306
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,554)

    Who is named Perritt

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

    93% of people named Perritt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Perritt

    Perritt has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Perritt?
    1,306 people in the United States had the surname Perritt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Perritt?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Perritt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Perritt getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, up 2.3%.