How common is the surname Witter?

4,268 people in the United States had the surname Witter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,340 Americans. It ranked 7,776th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Witter getting more or less common?

More common. 3,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,268 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Witter

An English surname, carried by 4,268 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Witter is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English Witere, Wytere, Whittere, Whytere (surname), from Middle English whitere (“a bleacher, caulker, whitewasher”), equivalent to white + -er.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,268 people named Witter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,340 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,961.

#7,776

rank among US surnames

4,268

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,733)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,771	Hinkley	4,271	72,289
#7,772	Grewal	4,270	72,306
#7,774	McCollough	4,269	72,323
#7,776	Husted	4,268	72,340
#7,778	Saltzman	4,267	72,357
#7,781	Strachan	4,266	72,374

Who is named Witter

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

77% of people named Witter identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Witter

Witter has the Soundex code W360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W360.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Witter come from?: From Middle English Witere, Wytere, Whittere, Whytere (surname), from Middle English whitere (“a bleacher, caulker, whitewasher”), equivalent to white + -er.
How common is the surname Witter?: 4,268 people in the United States had the surname Witter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,340 Americans. It ranked 7,776th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Witter?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Witter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Witter getting more or less common?: More common. 3,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,268 in 2010, up 7.8%.