# Pitts (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pitts/  
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) | 49,740 |
| US rank (2010) | 693 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,207 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (48,462 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɪts/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pitts 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pitts in the United States.

## People named Pitts

- ZaSu Pitts, American actress (1894-1963)
- Jacob Pitts, American television, film, and stage actor (born 1979)
- Walter Pitts, American logician and computational neuroscientist (1923-1969)
- Robert Pitts, American basketball player (1919–2011)
- Joseph R. Pitts, American politician (born 1939)
- Kyle Pitts, American football player
- Jake Pitts, American guitarist
- Charles Pitts, American musician (1947–2012)

## Similar surnames

Potts, Pettis, Pettus, Pitz, Pietsch, Paddock, Pedigo, Patch, Pathak, Putz, Ptak, Peets.

## 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.