Last Name PETTIT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: Le petit, the little/
Origin English, Dutch, French, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank 1,761 (2000 US census) 1,783 (1990 US census)
Count 18,653 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.48%, or 17250 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.99%, or 558 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.51%, or 95 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.13%, or 211 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.44%, or 269 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.45%, or 270 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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