The surname Pettit
A surname, carried by 19,004 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P330
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,004 people named Pettit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,246 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,653.
Who is named Pettit
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Pettit identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Famous Pettits
4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Bob PettitAmerican basketball player and coach (1932–2026)
- Donald PettitAmerican astronaut, born 1955
- Edison PettitAmerican astronomer (1889–1962)
- John PettitAmerican politician (1807-1877)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Pettit has the Soundex code P330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P330.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pettit?
- 19,004 people in the United States had the surname Pettit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,246 Americans. It ranked 1,892nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pettit?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pettit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Pettit?
- Bob Pettit, American basketball player and coach (1932–2026), followed by Donald Pettit.
- Where is the surname Pettit most common?
- Wikidata records people named Pettit in the United States.
- Is the surname Pettit getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,004 in 2010, up 1.9%.