# Kitson (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,201 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,746 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 140,275 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,908 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɪt.sən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Kit (“diminutive of the given name Christopher”) + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kitson 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kitson in the United Kingdom.

## People named Kitson

- Frank Kitson, British Army general and historian (1926–2024)

## Similar surnames

Kitchen, Kitchin, Kitzman, Kitchens, Ketchum, Ketcham, Kitzmiller, Katzman.

## 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.