How common is the surname Nesbitt?

13,248 people in the United States had the surname Nesbitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,305 Americans. It ranked 2,717th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nesbitt?

Cathleen Nesbitt, British actress (1888-1982), followed by Stephanie Nesbitt.

Where is the surname Nesbitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Nesbitt in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Nesbitt getting more or less common?

More common. 12,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,248 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Nesbitt

An English place surname, carried by 13,248 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N213

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nesbitt is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).

Nesbitt is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,248 people named Nesbitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,305 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,878.

#2,717

rank among US surnames

13,248

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,584)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,708	Ko	13,312	23,193
#2,709	Stockton	13,306	23,203
#2,710	Graf	13,301	23,212
#2,711	Noonan	13,286	23,238
#2,712	Spear	13,284	23,242
#2,713	Pressley	13,281	23,247
#2,714	Felder	13,257	23,289

Who is named Nesbitt

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

60% of people named Nesbitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nesbitts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cathleen Nesbitt
British actress (1888-1982)
Stephanie Nesbitt
American synchronized swimmer, born 1985
Derren Nesbitt
British actor, born 1935
Miriam Nesbitt
American actress (1873-1954)

Notable Nesbitts come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Nesbit
Nisbet
Nisbett

Surnames that sound like Nesbitt

Nesbit

Nesbitt has the Soundex code N213, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N213.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nesbitt come from?: From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).
How common is the surname Nesbitt?: 13,248 people in the United States had the surname Nesbitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,305 Americans. It ranked 2,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nesbitt?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Nesbitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nesbitt?: Cathleen Nesbitt, British actress (1888-1982), followed by Stephanie Nesbitt.
Where is the surname Nesbitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Nesbitt in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Nesbitt?: Nesbitt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Nesbitt getting more or less common?: More common. 12,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,248 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Nesbitt?: Nesbit, Nisbet and Nisbett.