Payne

Payne is the 205th most common surname in the United States, shared by 137,217 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 2,178.

By the numbers

People: 137,217
Rank: 205th
How common: 1 in 2,178
Per 100,000: 45.9

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 69.0%
Black, not Hispanic 21.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Payne

Liam Payne (1993–2024)English singer and songwriter
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900–1979)British-born American astronomer
Alexander Payne (born 1961)American film director, producer and screenwriter
Ruby Payne-Scott (1912–1981)Australian radio astronomer
Tim Payne (born 1994)New Zealand footballer
John Payne (1912–1989)American actor
Marise Payne (born 1964)Australian politician
Marita Payne (born 1960)Canadian track and field athlete

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

Surnames like Payne

Also a first name

Payne has been given to 1,316 American babies as a first name since 1900, peaking in 2000. 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.