The surname Dewitt
A Dutch surname, carried by 26,348 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D300 Also a first name
Origin
Dutch origin
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.
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 26,348 people named Dewitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,718 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,448.
Who is named Dewitt
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Dewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Famous Dewitts
8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Rosemarie DeWittAmerican actress, born 1971
- Bryce DeWittAmerican physicist (1923–2004)
- Helen DeWittAmerican writer, born 1957
- Joyce DeWittAmerican actress, born 1949
- Simeon De WittAmerican geographer and surveyor general, 1756–1834
- Jan de Witte1781–1840
- Lydia DeWittAmerican pathologist and anatomist (1859–1928)
- Lew DeWittAmerican musician, 1938–1990
Notable Dewitts come mostly from the United States (7) and the Russian Empire (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Dewitt has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.
Other Dutch surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dewitt come from?
- 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.
- How common is the surname Dewitt?
- 26,348 people in the United States had the surname Dewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,718 Americans. It ranked 1,338th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dewitt?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Dewitt?
- Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress, followed by Bryce DeWitt.
- Where is the surname Dewitt most common?
- Wikidata records people named Dewitt in the United States and the Russian Empire.
- Is the surname Dewitt getting more or less common?
- More common. 25,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,348 in 2010, up 3.5%.
- Is Dewitt also a first name?
- Yes. Dewitt is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.