# Rhett (surname)

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

An American surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 924 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,422 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 334,140 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (831 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rhett 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) | 33% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rhett in the United States.

## People named Rhett

- Alicia Rhett, American actress and portrait painter (1915–2014)
- Thomas Rhett, American country singer
- Robert Barnwell Rhett, American politician (1800–1876)

## Similar surnames

Reed, Reid, Roth, Root, Read, Rudd, Ruth, Redd, Reddy, Reedy, Rueda, Roddy.

## 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.