# Perrotta (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,713 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,817 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 83,153 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (3,302 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Perrotta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perrotta 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Perrotta in the United States.

## People named Perrotta

- Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter (1961- )

## Similar surnames

Parrott, Parrett, Porta, Puerta, Perritt, Perret, Peretti, Pratt, Pruitt, Prado, Prieto, Perdue.

## 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.