# Dewitt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dewitt/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,348 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,338 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,718 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (25,448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dewitt 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dewitt in the United States and the Russian Empire.

## People named Dewitt

- Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
- Bryce DeWitt, American physicist (1923–2004)
- Helen DeWitt, American writer
- Joyce DeWitt, American actress
- Simeon De Witt, American geographer and surveyor general
- Jan de Witte
- Lydia DeWitt, American pathologist and anatomist (1859–1928)
- Lew DeWitt, American musician

## Similar surnames

Ditto, Ditta, Dodd, Doty, Dowd, Dowdy, Duda, Duty, Doud, Doody, Dade, Dutta.

## 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.