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    The surname Hitt

    A surname, carried by 7,762 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H300

    Hitt: #4,567 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hitt #4,567, 7,762 people Hitt: #4,567 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hitt #4,567, 7,762 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hitt is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,762 people named Hitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,777 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,700.

    #4,567
    rank among US surnames
    7,762
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,257)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,558Poling7,77939,690
    #4,559Talavera7,77739,700
    #4,560Choe7,77639,705
    #4,561Barrows7,77339,720
    #4,562Dvorak7,77139,730
    #4,563Alejandro7,77039,736
    #4,565Keim7,76939,741

    Who is named Hitt

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

    93% of people named Hitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hitts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert R. Hitt
      American politician, 1834–1906

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hitt

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hitt?
    7,762 people in the United States had the surname Hitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,777 Americans. It ranked 4,567th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hitt?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hitt?
    Robert R. Hitt, American politician.
    Where is the surname Hitt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hitt in the United States.
    Is the surname Hitt getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,762 in 2010, up 0.8%.