Pellet surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pellet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 149 people carried this name — #116,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 13% from 171 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,255 people named Pellet.

49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 49
Isère 510
Gard 216
Rhône 182
Haute-Savoie 137
Paris 109
Vaucluse 107
Bouches-du-Rhône 84
Puy-de-Dôme 83

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

718 people named Pellet live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 259
Fribourg 139
Geneva 98
Bern 54
Neuchâtel 38
Valais 36
Zurich 27
Basel-Landschaft 27

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 78 people named Pellet live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 44
City of Buenos Aires 34

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Pellet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Pellett
    Thomas Pellett 1671–1744 · physician
  • Roger Pellet d. 1939
  • François Pellet 1602–1663 · sculptor
  • Thomas Pellett 1671–1744 · physician
  • Stephen Pellet 1746–1824
  • Hippolyte Pellet-Desbarreaux 1756–1824 · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Pellet.

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