# Pretti (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pretti/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian [in turn originating as a patronymic].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 319 |
| US rank (2010) | 62,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 967,854 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (329 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɹɛ.ti/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pretti, masculine plural form of Pretto, from pretto (“pure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pretti in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pretti in Brazil.

## People named Pretti

- Angelo Carlos Pretti, Brazilian association football player

## Similar surnames

Pratt, Pruitt, Prieto, Pruett, Parrett, Pritt, Perritt, Prete, Peretti, Prewitt, Prewett, Prado.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.