# Pitt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pitt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English topographical surname for someone who lived by, or operated a pit or mine.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,151 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,873 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,739 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (8,666 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pitt 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pitt in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Pitt

- Brad Pitt, American actor (born 1963)
- Michael Pitt, American actor, model and musician
- Andrew Pitt, Australian motorcycle racer
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, British Army general (1756-1835)
- Brad Pitt, Australian boxer
- Suzan Pitt, American artist (1943-2019)

## Similar surnames

Piatt, Putt, Pita, Patt, Pett, Pott, Pewitt, Petty, Pate, Pettway, Pete, Patti.

## 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.