# Bitter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bitter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch or German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,618 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,942 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,932 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (2,137 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bitter in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bitter in the United States.

## People named Bitter

- Francis Bitter, American physicist (1902–1967)
- Karl Bitter, American sculptor (1867-1915)

## Similar surnames

Bitar, Butter, Boudreau, Bader, Beaudry, Butera, Bauder, Botero, Batra, Bator, Bhattarai, Buttrey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.