# Devitt (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,312 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,219 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 133,540 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (2,202 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicised from an Irish equivalent of David.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Devitt 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Devitt in Australia.

## People named Devitt

- John Devitt, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

## Similar surnames

Devito, DeVita, David, Divito, 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.