How common is the surname Stitt?

5,946 people in the United States had the surname Stitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,925 Americans. It ranked 5,813th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stitt?

Kevin Stitt, 28th governor of Oklahoma, followed by Sonny Stitt.

Where is the surname Stitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Stitt in the United States.

Is the surname Stitt getting more or less common?

More common. 5,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,946 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Stitt

A surname, carried by 5,946 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S330

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stitt is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,946 people named Stitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,925 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,656.

#5,813

rank among US surnames

5,946

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,628)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,804	Sadowski	5,965	51,760
#5,805	Hendershot	5,963	51,777
#5,806	Downes	5,956	51,838
#5,807	McGinn	5,955	51,846
#5,809	Bard	5,953	51,864
#5,810	Federico	5,951	51,881
#5,811	Peraza	5,949	51,899

Who is named Stitt

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

77% of people named Stitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stitts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Stitt
28th governor of Oklahoma, born 1972
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist (1924-1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stitt

Stitt has the Soundex code S330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S330.

Questions

How common is the surname Stitt?: 5,946 people in the United States had the surname Stitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,925 Americans. It ranked 5,813th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stitt?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Stitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stitt?: Kevin Stitt, 28th governor of Oklahoma, followed by Sonny Stitt.
Where is the surname Stitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Stitt in the United States.
Is the surname Stitt getting more or less common?: More common. 5,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,946 in 2010, up 5.1%.