Pettey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pettey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pettey

How popular is Pettey?

Pettey is common in United States.

Pettey is ranked 165609 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pettey bearers increased by 6.11413 per cent in 2010 US census to 1562 since 2000, the surname slipped by 300 spots and ranked at 17896. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.86 91.3
Black 6.08 5.71
Others 1.79 1.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.54 0.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.22 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.51 0.41
Pettey is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 2212 people have been found who wears Pettey as their family name. Pettey have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
214,847 Australia4
62,864 New Zealand1
14,618 Guyana1
17,236 Ghana1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
36,678 Singapore1
14,373 Jordan1
31,207 Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,981 Canada43
107,506 England27
Countries with hundreds of Pettey:
25,955 South Africa219
Countries with thousands of Pettey:
17,263 United States1,906

Pettey Namesakes

  • Phil Pettey, Football player
  • Manville Robey Petteys, Author
  • Manville Robey Petteys, Author

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