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    The surname Putman

    A surname, carried by 9,058 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P355

    Putman: #3,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Putman #3,924, 9,058 people Putman: #3,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Putman #3,924, 9,058 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Putman is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,058 people named Putman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,085 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,949.

    #3,924
    rank among US surnames
    9,058
    people in 2010
    3.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,649)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,920Goad9,06234,070
    #3,922Lazaro9,06134,074
    #3,923Erb9,06034,078
    #3,924Putman9,05834,085

    Who is named Putman

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

    87% of people named Putman identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Putman

    Putman has the Soundex code P355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Putman?
    9,058 people in the United States had the surname Putman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,085 Americans. It ranked 3,924th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Putman?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Putman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Putman getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,058 in 2010, up 1.2%.