Pellett
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname from Old French
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈpɛɫɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pellett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Faroe Islands it is the 11th most common surname.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 203K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 514K
- FOFaroe Islands≈1 in 929
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 206 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 929 (inferred from the name graph)
647 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Faroe Islands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname from Old French.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pellett counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 647 | 1 in 514K | 935 | Pellett | 206 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Pellett | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 203K | 415 | Pellett | 88 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 336K | — | Pellett | 2 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Pellett | 1 |
| LR Liberia | #896 | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Pellett | 2 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Pellett | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Pellett | 26 |
| FO Faroe Islands | #11 | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 929 | — | Pellett | 1 |
647 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thomas Pellettb. 1671GBEnglish physician (1671-1744)
- Frank Chapman Pellettb. 1879USapiarist and author (1879–1951)
- Roy Pellettb. 1935GBBritish jazz musician, bandleader (1935-2019)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 935 | #27,325 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 923 | #25,199 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 647 | #34,878 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 415 | #13,031 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pellett mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from Old French. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Pellett?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɛɫɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Pellett have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 647 people named Pellett, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pellett.
- How common is the name Pellett?
- In the United States, the national register counted 647 people named Pellett in 2010, about 1 in 514 thousand residents.
- How common is Pellett compared with other names?
- In Faroe Islands, Pellett is the 11th most common surname of 497 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pellettThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pellett” — the 11th most common surname in Faroe Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.