# Putney (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,065 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,480 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,733 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (3,027 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpʌtni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Pudney |

## Etymology

From Old English personal name Putta, genitive case Puttan + hȳþ (“landing place”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Putney 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Putney in the United States.

## People named Putney

- Raphiael Putney, American basketball player (born 1990)

## Similar surnames

Patton, Payton, Patino, Patten, Peyton, Peden, Paden, Paton, Patin, Padden, Pedone, Padin.

## 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.