How common is the last name Petty?

33,510 people in the United States have the last name Petty, about 1 in 8,920. It ranks #1,028 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PETTY

#1,028

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,510
About
1 in 8,920
This common or more
40%
Who bears it

Of the 33,510 people with the last name Petty, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 20.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Petty

#1,026 Hendrix · 33,528#1,027 Archer · 33,513#1,029 Whitney · 33,509#1,030 Rollins · 33,500

Spelled almost the same

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

#17,765 Petti · 1,551#18,852 Pettey · 1,443#24,040 Pett · 1,086#37,317 Petta · 642#64,041 Pettay · 336#103,399 Petto · 185#145,757 Pette · 115

Also a first name

As a first name, Petty ranks #32,785 of 53,615, with 255 people. See Petty as a first name

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