How common is the surname McNitt?

1,172 people in the United States had the surname McNitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. It ranked 22,095th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McNitt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McNitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McNitt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,172 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname McNitt

A surname, carried by 1,172 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNitt is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of McNutt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,172 people named McNitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,179.

#22,095

rank among US surnames

1,172

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,817)

Who is named McNitt

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

95% of people named McNitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McNitt

McNitt has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Questions

Where does the surname McNitt come from?: Variant of McNutt.
How common is the surname McNitt?: 1,172 people in the United States had the surname McNitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. It ranked 22,095th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNitt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McNitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McNitt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,172 in 2010, down 0.6%.