How common is the last name Painter?

20,744 people in the United States have the last name Painter, about 1 in 14,409. It ranks #1,690 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PAINTER

#1,690

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,744
About
1 in 14,409
This common or more
45.8%
Who bears it

Of the 20,744 people with the last name Painter, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Painter

#1,688 Kraft · 20,829#1,689 Ramey · 20,768#1,691 Geiger · 20,742#1,692 Bolden · 20,739

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Painter, most common first.

#9,497 Paynter · 3,275#15,844 Panter · 1,770#24,056 Panther · 1,085#83,373 Pander · 243#103,857 Pantera · 184#126,357 Pantier · 142

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