# Kitt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kitt/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,900 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,968 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 106,464 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (2,128 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from Kit, a pet form of Christopher; also from kit (“vessel of hooped staves”). * As a German surname, from kit (“sprout, offshoot”), from Middle High German kīde, from Old High German *chīdi, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout, seedling”). Compare Alemannic German chiide.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kitt 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) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kitt in the United States.

## People named Kitt

- Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (1927–2008)

## Similar surnames

Kite, Kight, Keitt, Kott, Keith, Kidd, Kato, Kohut, Keita, Kot, Kohout, Kyte.

## 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.