How common is the surname Perrotta?

3,713 people in the United States had the surname Perrotta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,153 Americans. It ranked 8,817th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perrotta?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perrotta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Perrotta?

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

Where is the surname Perrotta most common?

Wikidata records people named Perrotta in the United States.

Is the surname Perrotta getting more or less common?

More common. 3,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,713 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Perrotta

An Italian surname, carried by 3,713 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perrotta is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Perrotta.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,713 people named Perrotta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,153 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,302.

#8,817

rank among US surnames

3,713

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,097)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,812	Villela	3,716	83,085
#8,813	Romans	3,715	83,108
#8,814	Coblentz	3,714	83,130
#8,817	Lonergan	3,713	83,153
#8,822	Molitor	3,712	83,175

Who is named Perrotta

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

96% of people named Perrotta identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Perrottas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Perrotta
American novelist and screenwriter (1961- )

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perrotta

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Perrotta come from?: Borrowed from Italian Perrotta.
How common is the surname Perrotta?: 3,713 people in the United States had the surname Perrotta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,153 Americans. It ranked 8,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perrotta?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perrotta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Perrotta?: Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter (1961- ).
Where is the surname Perrotta most common?: Wikidata records people named Perrotta in the United States.
Is the surname Perrotta getting more or less common?: More common. 3,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,713 in 2010, up 12%.