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    The surname Pitts

    A surname, carried by 49,740 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /pɪts/ 1 syllable Soundex P320

    Pitts: #693 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Pitts #693, 49,740 people Pitts: #693 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pitts #693, 49,740 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pitts is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 49,740 people named Pitts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,207 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 48,462.

    #693
    rank among US surnames
    49,740
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #639)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #684Cline50,2586,143
    #685Wiggins50,2476,145
    #686Grimes50,2456,145
    #687Arellano50,1046,162
    #688Melton50,0696,166
    #689O'Neill50,0286,171
    #690Savage49,9146,186

    Who is named Pitts

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

    63% of people named Pitts identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pittss

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 2000
    • Jake Pitts
      American guitarist, born 1985
    • Charles Pitts
      American musician (1947–2012)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pitts

    Pitts has the Soundex code P320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pitts?
    49,740 people in the United States had the surname Pitts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,207 Americans. It ranked 693rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pitts?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Pitts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pitts?
    ZaSu Pitts, American actress (1894-1963), followed by Jacob Pitts.
    Where is the surname Pitts most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pitts in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Pitts?
    Pitts is /pɪts/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Pitts getting more or less common?
    More common. 48,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,740 in 2010, up 2.6%.