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    The surname Pitman

    A surname, carried by 7,789 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P355

    Pitman: #4,549 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pitman #4,549, 7,789 people Pitman: #4,549 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pitman #4,549, 7,789 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pitman is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,789 people named Pitman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,639 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,462.

    #4,549
    rank among US surnames
    7,789
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,395)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,544Bricker7,79239,623
    #4,546DeAngelis7,79139,628
    #4,547Buchholz7,79039,634
    #4,549Pitman7,78939,639

    Who is named Pitman

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

    89% of people named Pitman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pitmans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Pitman
      American musician, born 1976
    • Bryony Pitman
      British archer, born 1997

    Notable Pitmans come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pitman

    Pitman has the Soundex code P355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pitman?
    7,789 people in the United States had the surname Pitman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,639 Americans. It ranked 4,549th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pitman?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pitman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pitman?
    Chris Pitman, American musician, followed by Bryony Pitman.
    Where is the surname Pitman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pitman in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Pitman getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,789 in 2010, up 4.4%.