How common is the last name Putnam?

17,473 people in the United States have the last name Putnam, about 1 in 17,106. It ranks #2,022 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PUTNAM

#2,022

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,473
About
1 in 17,106
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,473 people with the last name Putnam, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Putnam

#2,020 Bergman · 17,517#2,021 Mcrae · 17,483#2,023 Addison · 17,465#2,024 Cates · 17,441

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