How common is the surname Kitt?

2,900 people in the United States had the surname Kitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,464 Americans. It ranked 10,968th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kitt?

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

Where is the surname Kitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Kitt in the United States.

Is the surname Kitt getting more or less common?

More common. 2,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,900 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Kitt

A surname, carried by 2,900 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kitt is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,900 people named Kitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,464 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,128.

#10,968

rank among US surnames

2,900

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+36.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,169)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,959	Sorg	2,903	106,354
#10,962	Cripps	2,902	106,391
#10,964	Auman	2,901	106,427
#10,968	Diener	2,900	106,464
#10,974	Rabb	2,899	106,501
#10,977	Branstetter	2,898	106,537

Who is named Kitt

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

58% of people named Kitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 58%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kitts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eartha Kitt
American singer and actress (1927–2008)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kitt

Kitt has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

Questions

Where does the surname Kitt come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Kitt?: 2,900 people in the United States had the surname Kitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,464 Americans. It ranked 10,968th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kitt?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Kitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kitt?: Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (1927–2008).
Where is the surname Kitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Kitt in the United States.
Is the surname Kitt getting more or less common?: More common. 2,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,900 in 2010, up 36%.