How common is the surname Violette?

3,411 people in the United States had the surname Violette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,515 Americans. It ranked 9,529th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Violette?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Violette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Violette getting more or less common?

More common. 3,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,411 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Violette also a first name?

Yes. Violette is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Violette

A French surname, carried by 3,411 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V430 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Violette is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Violette.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,411 people named Violette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,515 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,299.

#9,529

rank among US surnames

3,411

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,105)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,524	Dinger	3,414	90,435
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568

Who is named Violette

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

94% of people named Violette identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Violette

Violette has the Soundex code V430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V430.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Violette come from?: Borrowed from French Violette.
How common is the surname Violette?: 3,411 people in the United States had the surname Violette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,515 Americans. It ranked 9,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Violette?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Violette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Violette getting more or less common?: More common. 3,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,411 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Violette also a first name?: Yes. Violette is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.