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

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

How popular is Putnam?

Putnam is common in United States.

Putnam is ranked 20430 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Putnam bearers increased by 1.945525 per cent in 2010 US census to 18340 since 2000, the surname slipped by 140 spots and ranked at 1971. The last name was found in around 62 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.78 95.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.03 1.22
Black 1.59 1.48
Others 1.46 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.36
Putnam is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 25404 people have been found who wears Putnam as their family name. Putnam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
9,568 Thailand8
275,830 Ukraine8
4,085 Bolivia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
32,086 Mexico3
82,478 South Africa2
19,046 Ireland2
1,235 Belize2
277,603 France1
174,544 Czech Republic1
6,033 Benin1
13,606 Senegal1
34,581 Chile1
169,904 Brazil1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
66,560 Philippines1
53,033 Nigeria1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
2,613 The Bahamas1
17,768 Pakistan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
49,529 Israel1
14,618 Guyana1
8,181 Botswana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
11,040 Scotland39
14,946 New Zealand38
20,103 Norway33
395,979 India22
52,530 Belgium22
83,233 Spain16
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Putnam:
8,407 England790
6,228 Canada689
38,477 Germany269
12,632 Peru114
22,464 Australia110
Countries with ten thousands of Putnam:
1,712 United States23,076
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Putnam Namesakes

  • Alexa Putnam, Skeleton racer
  • Seth Putnam, Musician
  • Frederic Ward Putnam, Anthropologist
  • Zach Putnam, Baseball pitcher
  • George Putnam, Reporter
  • Seth Putnam, Musician
  • Harvey Putnam, Former Member of the New York State Senate
  • Adam Putnam, Former U.S. Representative
  • Brenda Putnam, Author
  • Bertha Putnam, Historian
  • Jesse Putnam, from 2014 comedy, romance movie The Virgins, who characterized the Thomas.

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