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    The surname Pettey

    A surname, carried by 1,562 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P300

    Pettey: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pettey #17,896, 1,562 people Pettey: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pettey #17,896, 1,562 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pettey is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,562 people named Pettey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,472.

    #17,896
    rank among US surnames
    1,562
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534
    #17,896Petras1,562197,660

    Who is named Pettey

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

    89% of people named Pettey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pettey

    Pettey 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 Pettey?
    1,562 people in the United States had the surname Pettey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. It ranked 17,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pettey?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pettey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pettey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,562 in 2010, up 6.1%.