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    The surname Peto

    A place surname, carried by 587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peto is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * English habitational surname of Anglo-Norman origin for someone from Poitou, in France. * Borrowed from Hungarian Pető, a pet form of the personal name Péter.

    Peto is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 587 people named Peto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 525,972 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 579.

    #37,848
    rank among US surnames
    587
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #36,463)

    Who is named Peto

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

    93% of people named Peto identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Petos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John F. Peto
      American artist (1854-1907)
    • Zoltán Pető
      Association football player, born 1974

    Notable Petos come mostly from the United States (1) and Hungary (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peto

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Peto come from?
    Two main origins: * English habitational surname of Anglo-Norman origin for someone from Poitou, in France. * Borrowed from Hungarian Pető, a pet form of the personal name Péter.
    How common is the surname Peto?
    587 people in the United States had the surname Peto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 525,972 Americans. It ranked 37,848th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peto?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Peto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Peto?
    John F. Peto, American artist (1854-1907), followed by Zoltán Pető.
    Where is the surname Peto most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peto in the United States and Hungary.
    What type of surname is Peto?
    Peto is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Peto getting more or less common?
    More common. 579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 587 in 2010, up 1.4%.