Explore the Family Name Petithomme

The meaning of Petithomme

French; Haitian (Petit-Homme): nickname from French petit homme ‘little man’. This surname is by far most common in Haiti, from where it was brought to the US.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Petithomme in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Petithomme has grown significantly in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 39,560th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had climbed to the 26,243rd position, marking an impressive 33.66% change. The total count of people with this surname also surged during this decade, from 523 to 931, a substantial increase of 78.01%. The proportion of individuals named Petithomme per 100k population likewise saw a rise from 0.19 to 0.32, indicating a growth of 68.42%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,560	#26,243	33.66%
Count	523	931	78.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.32	68.42%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Petithomme

Looking at the ethnicity breakdown, the Decennial U.S. Census data points to some shifts over this ten-year period. In 2000, the largest ethnic identity among the Petithommes was Black at 78.20%, rising to 93.45% by 2010, an increase of 19.50%. The percentage of those identifying as white decreased from 4.21% to 1.83%, while the Hispanic group saw a slight increase from 1.53% to 1.83%. The percentage of Petithommes identifying with two or more races fell dramatically from 14.72% in 2000 to just 2.26% in 2010. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either suppressed or remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	78.2%	93.45%	19.5%
Two or More Races	14.72%	2.26%	-84.65%
White	4.21%	1.83%	-56.53%
Hispanic	1.53%	1.83%	19.61%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.34%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%