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Early Origins of the Pyatt family

The surname Pyatt was first found in Cornwall where Symon Pyot was recorded in 1297. Later in Cambridgeshire, John Pyet was recorded in 1308 and in Somerset, William Pyatt was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for 1327. In Hampshire, early records show John Pyard and Nicholas Piarde in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327 and 1332, respectively. 1

"Pyatt was the name of an old family of gentry of Streethay, in the reign of Charles I. Pyott was often the early form of the name. Richard Pyott, whose father was a London alderman, was High Sheriff of the county in 1636." 2

Early History of the Pyatt family

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Pyatt Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pyott, Pyatt, Pyot, Pyat, Piatt, Piott, Pyet and many more.

Early Notables of the Pyatt family

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Pyatt Ranking

In the United States, the name Pyatt is the 9,404th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Pyatt family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alexander Pyott and Mary Pyott, who came to Barbados in 1651; John Pyot, who came to Georgia in 1773; James Pyott, who settled in New York in 1797; as well as Bartholimew Pyot, who arrived in Ontario in 1871..


Contemporary Notables of the name Pyatt (post 1700) +

  • Elsie Pyatt, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1972 4
  • Miss Gillian Pyatt M.B.E., British recipient of Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to the community in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 5


  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
  3. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  5. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62310, 4 July 2019 | London Gazette, The Gazette, June 2018, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B1


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