Surname Checker / Petty
How Common Is the Last Name Petty?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Petty today
38,622
Ranked #1,005 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.83 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 34,882 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
73.43%
Black
20.99%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.52%
Hispanic
2.4%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.