Last Name PETIT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: Le petit, the little/
Small in size.
Origin English, French, Jewish, Irish, Basque, Haitian, Maltese, Creole, Belgian, Flemish, Hungarian

Rank 5,869 (2000 US census) 3,852 (1990 US census)
Count 5,403 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 79.62%, or 4302 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.86%, or 749 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 20 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.54%, or 29 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.63%, or 142 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.98%, or 161 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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