The surname Pettijohn
A surname, carried by 1,302 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P325
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,302 people named Pettijohn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,245.
#20,408
rank among US surnames
1,302
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #19,953)
Who is named Pettijohn
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Pettijohn identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 87%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pettijohn has the Soundex code P325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P325.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pettijohn?
- 1,302 people in the United States had the surname Pettijohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. It ranked 20,408th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pettijohn?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Pettijohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Pettijohn getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,302 in 2010, up 4.6%.