How common is the surname Gittens?

2,756 people in the United States had the surname Gittens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,027 Americans. It ranked 11,430th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gittens?

Ramon Gittens, Barbadian Olympic athlete.

Where is the surname Gittens most common?

Wikidata records people named Gittens in Barbados.

Is the surname Gittens getting more or less common?

More common. 2,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,756 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Gittens

A Welsh surname, carried by 2,756 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gittens is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Variant of Gittings.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,756 people named Gittens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,027 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,452.

#11,430

rank among US surnames

2,756

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945
#11,428	Popa	2,757	111,986
#11,430	Eshelman	2,756	112,027
#11,436	Bovee	2,754	112,108

Who is named Gittens

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

69% of people named Gittens identified as Black (not Hispanic), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 69%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
Two or more races 5.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Gittenss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ramon Gittens
Barbadian Olympic athlete, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gittens

Gittens has the Soundex code G352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G352.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gittens come from?: Variant of Gittings.
How common is the surname Gittens?: 2,756 people in the United States had the surname Gittens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,027 Americans. It ranked 11,430th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gittens?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Gittens identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gittens?: Ramon Gittens, Barbadian Olympic athlete.
Where is the surname Gittens most common?: Wikidata records people named Gittens in Barbados.
Is the surname Gittens getting more or less common?: More common. 2,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,756 in 2010, up 12%.