Emmett

Emmett is the 9,692nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,197 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 93,500.

By the numbers

People: 3,197
Rank: 9,692nd
How common: 1 in 93,500
Per 100,000: 1.1

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Emmett described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 89.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.5%
Black, not Hispanic 2.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Emmett

Lionel Emmett (1913–1996)field hockey player
Josh Emmett (born 1985)American professional mixed martial arts fighter
Fern Emmett (1896–1946)actress
Belinda Emmett (1974–2006)Australian actress

People named Emmett with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Emmett

Also a first name

Emmett has been given to 78,872 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2021. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.