Petty is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Petty
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Petty

How popular is Petty?

Petty is common in United States.

Petty is ranked 10704 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Petty bearers increased by 1.762063 per cent in 2010 US census to 34882 since 2000, the surname slipped by 72 spots and ranked at 1005. The last name was found in around 118 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.43 75.78
Black 20.99 20.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.46
Others 2.16 1.56
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.56
Petty is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Anguilla is ahead in terms of density. Around 50206 people have been found who wears Petty as their family name. Petty is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,755 Czech Republic5
11,480 Japan4
3,224 Afghanistan3
15,956 Venezuela3
32,695 Nigeria3
19,452 Malaysia3
5,726 Puerto Rico2
18,718 Thailand2
31,767 Greece2
41,879 Turkey2
2,705 Togo2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
12,844 Pakistan2
54,641 Sweden2
65,594 Belgium2
28,083 Romania2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
4,104 South Korea2
40,256 Mexico2
2,190 Barbados1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
7,314 Bolivia1
13,606 Senegal1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,790 Zambia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
15,705 Cameroon1
19,533 Uruguay1
25,746 Finland1
2,715 Gabon1
3,586 Honduras1
11,510 Oman1
16,283 Lithuania1
17,236 Ghana1
153,416 Italy1
8,859 Iraq1
20,172 Hungary1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
49,101 Denmark1
492,292 Ukraine1
13,447 Uganda1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
3,243 Suriname1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,350 Fiji1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
5,467 Haiti1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
295 United States Virgin Islands48
185 Bermuda47
4,813 Hong Kong47
45,674 Spain44
35 Anguilla41
241 Saint Kitts and Nevis34
246,777 Russia33
595 Jersey28
2,825 Nicaragua24
387,178 India23
62,494 Netherlands22
28,338 Norway20
15,050 Singapore18
55,829 Zimbabwe16
6,594 Trinidad and Tobago14
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
104,308 France86
40,500 Tanzania85
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
1,606 Guyana72
18,012 Peru57
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Petty:
6,785 Kenya785
5,945 Canada725
21,556 Brazil588
11,889 South Africa530
20,699 Germany504
870 Taiwan406
39,199 Philippines258
1,600 Wales248
26,800 Argentina194
4,040 New Zealand189
3,510 Scotland177
285 The Bahamas167
9,988 Switzerland117
77,973 Indonesia107
Countries with thousands of Petty:
2,495 England3,178
2,382 Australia1,305
Countries with ten thousands of Petty:
937 United States39,662
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Petty was 32 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 18, 1849. He lived in England where he worked as miner and took Arrick from Liverpool. 25 years old Mary-Anne Petty, William Petty (17) Miner, Jas. Petty, aged 18, 20 years old Margaret Petty, Patrick Petty, aged 21, Mary Petty (20) Workwoman, are other Petty that migrated to US.

Comments

G
Gordon Crofoot
 The origin of the name is Anglo-Saxon etymology comes from the word petty means: small / insignificant - the Latin pittittus indicating family origin the name is a nickname that specifies an ancestral characteristic.

Petty Namesakes

  • Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, Marquess of Lansdowne
  • Adam Petty, Racing driver
  • Adria Petty, Director
  • Alex Pettyfer, Actor
  • Alex Pettyfer, Actor
  • Anaiah Petty, Actress
  • Angelique Pettyjohn, Actress
  • Angelique Pettyjohn, Actress
  • Antoinette Pettyjohn, Yaphet Kotto's wife
  • Ross Petty, Actor
  • In 0 drama, thriller movie, When the Branch Breaks, Holly Petty played Ace.
  • In 0 drama flick, West Oak Street, Cameron Petty portrayed Jim.

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