How common is the surname Bitter?

2,618 people in the United States had the surname Bitter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. It ranked 11,942nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bitter?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bitter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bitter?

Francis Bitter, American physicist (1902–1967), followed by Karl Bitter.

Where is the surname Bitter most common?

Wikidata records people named Bitter in the United States.

Is the surname Bitter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,618 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Bitter

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,618 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bitter is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

A surname from Dutch or German.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,618 people named Bitter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,137.

#11,942

rank among US surnames

2,618

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+22.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,119)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,936	Okane	2,621	117,797
#11,938	Heiden	2,620	117,842
#11,940	Brickner	2,619	117,887
#11,942	Bitter	2,618	117,932
#11,946	Polly	2,617	117,977

Who is named Bitter

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Bitter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bitters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bitter

Bitter has the Soundex code B360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B360.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bitter come from?: Bitter is Dutch in origin.
How common is the surname Bitter?: 2,618 people in the United States had the surname Bitter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. It ranked 11,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bitter?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bitter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bitter?: Francis Bitter, American physicist (1902–1967), followed by Karl Bitter.
Where is the surname Bitter most common?: Wikidata records people named Bitter in the United States.
Is the surname Bitter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,618 in 2010, up 23%.