How common is the surname Pittenger?

2,834 people in the United States had the surname Pittenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,943 Americans. It ranked 11,163rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pittenger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pittenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pittenger?

Robert Pittenger, American politician.

Where is the surname Pittenger most common?

Wikidata records people named Pittenger in the United States.

Is the surname Pittenger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,834 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Pittenger

A surname, carried by 2,834 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pittenger is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,834 people named Pittenger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,943 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,717.

#11,163

rank among US surnames

2,834

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,779)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,156	Ranieri	2,837	108,828
#11,158	Stirling	2,836	108,867
#11,160	Helland	2,835	108,905
#11,163	Pittenger	2,834	108,943
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020

Who is named Pittenger

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

96% of people named Pittenger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pittengers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Pittenger
American politician, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pittenger

Pottinger

Pittenger has the Soundex code P352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P352.

Questions

How common is the surname Pittenger?: 2,834 people in the United States had the surname Pittenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,943 Americans. It ranked 11,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pittenger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pittenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pittenger?: Robert Pittenger, American politician.
Where is the surname Pittenger most common?: Wikidata records people named Pittenger in the United States.
Is the surname Pittenger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,834 in 2010, up 4.3%.