The Putman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,058 people carried this name — #3,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,949 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 552 people named Putman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Putman.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Putman in American newspapers,
1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,677 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Putman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Don Putman 1922–2006 · basketball player -
Henry Putman d. 1797 · cleric
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Catharina Putman 1766–
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Amy Victorina Putman Pinhey 1850–1931 · artist
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Willem Putman 1900–1954 · writer
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Merritt Putman 1900–1989 · Nordic combined skier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Putman.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Putman is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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