# Devito (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/devito/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,831 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,528 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,426 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (7,707 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Rare spelling of Italian De Vito.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Devito 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Devito in the United States.

## People named Devito

- Danny DeVito, American actor and filmmaker (born 1944)
- Lucy DeVito, American actress
- Tommy DeVito, American musician (1928-2020)

## Similar surnames

DeVita, Devitt, Divito, David, Deputy, Dwivedi.

## 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.