# Pittman (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 55,021 |
| US rank (2010) | 619 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,611 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (52,689 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pittman 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) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pittman in the United States, Australia and Brazil.

## People named Pittman

- Jana Pittman, Australian sprinter, hurdler, and bobsledder (born 1982)
- Maryon Pittman Allen, American politician (1925-2018)
- Dexter Pittman, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Key Pittman, American politician (1872-1940)
- Karen Pittman, American actress
- Michael Pittman Jr., American football wide receiver
- Vail M. Pittman, American politician (1883–1964)
- Barbara Pittman, American singer (1938-2005)
- Eliana Pittman, Brazilian actress and singer (1945-)
- Tom Pittman, American actor (1932-1958)
- Charles Pittman, American basketball player (born 1958)
- Monte Pittman, American musician

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Putman, Pitman, Putnam.

## 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.