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    The surname Pett

    A surname, carried by 1,065 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P300

    Pett: #23,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pett #23,750, 1,065 people Pett: #23,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pett #23,750, 1,065 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pett is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,065 people named Pett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,042.

    #23,750
    rank among US surnames
    1,065
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,934)

    Who is named Pett

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

    94% of people named Pett identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pett

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pett?
    1,065 people in the United States had the surname Pett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. It ranked 23,750th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pett?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Pett getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,065 in 2010, up 2.2%.