How common is the surname Piatt?

7,463 people in the United States had the surname Piatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,370 Americans. It ranked 4,746th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Piatt?

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, American poet (1836–1919).

Where is the surname Piatt most common?

Wikidata records people named Piatt in the United States.

Is the surname Piatt getting more or less common?

More common. 5,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,463 in 2010, up 26%.

The surname Piatt

A surname, carried by 7,463 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). Piatt is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,463 people named Piatt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,370 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,918.

#4,746

rank among US surnames

7,463

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+26.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,417)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,737	Mattison	7,485	41,249
#4,738	Abdi	7,484	41,254
#4,739	Whited	7,482	41,265
#4,740	Manzanares	7,480	41,276
#4,741	Palomo	7,478	41,287
#4,742	Usher	7,477	41,293
#4,743	Jablonski	7,469	41,337

Who is named Piatt

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

89% of people named Piatt identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Piatts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
American poet (1836–1919)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Piatt

Piatt 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 Piatt?: 7,463 people in the United States had the surname Piatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,370 Americans. It ranked 4,746th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Piatt?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Piatt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Piatt?: Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, American poet (1836–1919).
Where is the surname Piatt most common?: Wikidata records people named Piatt in the United States.
Is the surname Piatt getting more or less common?: More common. 5,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,463 in 2010, up 26%.