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    The surname Peth

    A German surname, carried by 554 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P300

    Peth: #39,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Peth #39,659, 554 people Peth: #39,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Peth #39,659, 554 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peth is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Peth, shortened from old Germanic names containing the element *badu (“fight, battle”) or *berht (“bright”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 554 people named Peth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 557,302 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 558.

    #39,659
    rank among US surnames
    554
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #37,534)

    Who is named Peth

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

    86% of people named Peth identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peth

    Peth has the Soundex code P300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P300.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Peth come from?
    Borrowed from German Peth, shortened from old Germanic names containing the element *badu (“fight, battle”) or *berht (“bright”).
    How common is the surname Peth?
    554 people in the United States had the surname Peth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 557,302 Americans. It ranked 39,659th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peth?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Peth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Peth getting more or less common?
    Less common. 558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 554 in 2010, down 0.7%.