How common is the surname Pitt?

9,151 people in the United States had the surname Pitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,739 Americans. It ranked 3,873rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pitt?

Brad Pitt, American actor (born 1963), followed by Michael Pitt.

Where is the surname Pitt most common?

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

Is the surname Pitt getting more or less common?

More common. 8,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,151 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Pitt

A place surname, carried by 9,151 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pɪt/ 1 syllable Soundex P300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pitt is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

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

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,151 people named Pitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,739 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,666.

#3,873

rank among US surnames

9,151

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,755)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,864	Klinger	9,179	33,636
#3,865	Buss	9,177	33,643
#3,867	Hussey	9,176	33,647
#3,868	Smoot	9,168	33,676
#3,869	Dugger	9,164	33,691
#3,870	Bittner	9,163	33,695
#3,871	Soliz	9,159	33,710

Who is named Pitt

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

66% of people named Pitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pitts

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brad Pitt
American actor (born 1963)
Michael Pitt
American actor, model and musician, born 1981
Andrew Pitt
Australian motorcycle racer, born 1976
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
British Army general (1756-1835)
Brad Pitt
Australian boxer, born 1981
Suzan Pitt
American artist (1943-2019)

Notable Pitts come mostly from the United States (3), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pitt

Pitt has the Soundex code P300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P300.

Questions

How common is the surname Pitt?: 9,151 people in the United States had the surname Pitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,739 Americans. It ranked 3,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pitt?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Pitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pitt?: Brad Pitt, American actor (born 1963), followed by Michael Pitt.
Where is the surname Pitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Pitt in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Pitt?: Pitt is /pɪt/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Pitt?: Pitt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pitt getting more or less common?: More common. 8,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,151 in 2010, up 5.6%.