# Fitt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fitt/  
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 Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 417 |
| US rank (2010) | 50,196 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 740,397 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.7% (467 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English fit (“proper, suited”), a nickname for a polite and amiable person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fitt 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Fite, Fett, Fait, Foote, Faith, Foti, Fetty, Fout, Fath, Fate, Foth, Fauth.

## 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.