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    The surname Bitting

    A surname, carried by 1,591 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B352

    Bitting: #17,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bitting #17,657, 1,591 people Bitting: #17,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bitting #17,657, 1,591 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bitting is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,591 people named Bitting in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,058 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,447.

    #17,657
    rank among US surnames
    1,591
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #17,835)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,651Heidel1,592193,936
    #17,657Dattilo1,591194,058
    #17,662Brownstein1,590194,180

    Who is named Bitting

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

    84% of people named Bitting identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bittings

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Katherine Bitting
      American bacteriologist and food scientist (1869-1937)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bitting

    Bitting has the Soundex code B352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bitting?
    1,591 people in the United States had the surname Bitting in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,058 Americans. It ranked 17,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bitting?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bitting identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bitting?
    Katherine Bitting, American bacteriologist and food scientist (1869-1937).
    Where is the surname Bitting most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bitting in the United States.
    Is the surname Bitting getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,591 in 2010, up 10%.