# Fitton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,041 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,159 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 296,586 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (992 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * From Middle English fiton, fittin (“lie, falsehood”), a nickname for a liar or cheat. * A habitational surname from a minor place in Cambridgeshire, from Old Norse fit (“grassland on the bank of a river”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fitton 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Fithian, Fatima, Fadden.

## 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.