How common is the surname Pewitt?

1,264 people in the United States had the surname Pewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,261 Americans. It ranked 20,864th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pewitt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,264 in 2010, down 5.7%.

The surname Pewitt

A surname, carried by 1,264 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pewitt is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,264 people named Pewitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,261 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,341.

#20,864

rank among US surnames

1,264

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,857)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,864	Cadieux	1,264	244,261
#20,871	Gauntt	1,263	244,454

Who is named Pewitt

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

87% of people named Pewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pewitt

Pewitt 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 Pewitt?: 1,264 people in the United States had the surname Pewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,261 Americans. It ranked 20,864th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pewitt?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Pewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pewitt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,264 in 2010, down 5.7%.