Last Name PETTY

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Meaning	Nickname: The petty, i.e. small in stature. The people bearing this name in the United States have selected Pettee as a preferable form. Similar to Little, Littlejohn, Samall, or Smallman.

Origin	English, Irish, Slovakian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	933 (2000 US census)	814 (1990 US census)

Count	34,278 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.78%, or 25976 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.32%, or 6965 total occurrences, as black,
0.33%, or 113 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.56%, or 192 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 535 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 500 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Surnames that make great first names

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Last Name PETTY

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