How common is the surname Hewitt?

29,694 people in the United States had the surname Hewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,398 Americans. It ranked 1,191st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hewitt?

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer, followed by Lleyton Hewitt.

Where is the surname Hewitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Hewitt in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Hewitt?

Hewitt is /ˈhjuː.ɪt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hewitt getting more or less common?

More common. 28,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,694 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Hewitt

An English patronymic surname, carried by 29,694 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhjuː.ɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex H300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hewitt is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

Hewitt is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,694 people named Hewitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,398 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,857.

#1,191

rank among US surnames

29,694

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,114)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,182	Han	29,847	10,344
#1,183	Gibbons	29,824	10,352
#1,184	Mayfield	29,805	10,359
#1,185	Hoang	29,798	10,361
#1,186	Elder	29,796	10,362
#1,187	Lau	29,792	10,363
#1,188	Dale	29,757	10,376

Who is named Hewitt

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

83% of people named Hewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hewitts

21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jennifer Love Hewitt
American actress and singer, born 1979
Lleyton Hewitt
Australian tennis player and tennis coach, born 1981
Emma Hewitt
Australian singer and songwriter, born 1988
Steve Hewitt
British drummer, born 1971
Jacqueline Hewitt
American astrophysicist (1958-)
Don Hewitt
American television news producer (1922–2009)
Peter Cooper Hewitt
(1861-1921) American electrical engineer who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp
Gloria Conyers Hewitt
American mathematician, born 1935
Harold Hewitt
Australian rower, born 1938
Martin Hewitt
American actor, born 1958
Abram Stevens Hewitt
American politician, lawyer and businessman (1822–1903)
Bec Hewitt
Australian singer, born 1983

Notable Hewitts come mostly from the United States (13), Australia (5) and the United Kingdom (2).

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Surnames that sound like Hewitt

Hewitt has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hewitt come from?: From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.
How common is the surname Hewitt?: 29,694 people in the United States had the surname Hewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,398 Americans. It ranked 1,191st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hewitt?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Hewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hewitt?: Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer, followed by Lleyton Hewitt.
Where is the surname Hewitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Hewitt in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Hewitt?: Hewitt is /ˈhjuː.ɪt/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hewitt?: Hewitt is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hewitt getting more or less common?: More common. 28,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,694 in 2010, up 2.9%.