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    The surname Pitter

    A surname, carried by 1,005 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P360

    Pitter: #24,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pitter #24,787, 1,005 people Pitter: #24,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pitter #24,787, 1,005 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pitter is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,005 people named Pitter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 795.

    #24,787
    rank among US surnames
    1,005
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.4%
    change since 2000 (was #28,298)

    Who is named Pitter

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

    65% of people named Pitter identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 65%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pitter

    Pitter has the Soundex code P360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pitter?
    1,005 people in the United States had the surname Pitter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pitter?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Pitter identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pitter getting more or less common?
    More common. 795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, up 26%.