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    The surname Privett

    An English place surname, carried by 3,583 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P613

    Privett: #9,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Privett #9,117, 3,583 people Privett: #9,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Privett #9,117, 3,583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Privett is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Apparently from the unattested Old English word *pryfet (“privet”). The location is recorded the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Pryfetes flōdan.

    Privett is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,583 people named Privett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,170 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,382.

    #9,117
    rank among US surnames
    3,583
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #8,901)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,112Springfield3,58686,097
    #9,113Vanhoose3,58586,121
    #9,114Sankey3,58486,146
    #9,117Privett3,58386,170
    #9,118Berard3,58286,194
    #9,119Beene3,58186,218

    Who is named Privett

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

    91% of people named Privett identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Privott

    Surnames that sound like Privett

    Privett has the Soundex code P613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P613.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Privett come from?
    Apparently from the unattested Old English word *pryfet (“privet”). The location is recorded the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Pryfetes flōdan.
    How common is the surname Privett?
    3,583 people in the United States had the surname Privett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,170 Americans. It ranked 9,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Privett?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Privett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Privett?
    Privett is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Privett getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,583 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Privett?
    Privott.