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    The surname Witty

    A surname, carried by 2,012 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W300

    Witty: #14,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Witty #14,761, 2,012 people Witty: #14,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Witty #14,761, 2,012 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Witty is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,012 people named Witty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,452 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,964.

    #14,761
    rank among US surnames
    2,012
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,069)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,755Dittrich2,013153,376
    #14,761Natarajan2,012153,452
    #14,768Ban2,011153,528

    Who is named Witty

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

    85% of people named Witty identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wittys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ernest Witty
      Anglo-Spanish footballer (1880-1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Witty

    Witty has the Soundex code W300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Witty?
    2,012 people in the United States had the surname Witty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,452 Americans. It ranked 14,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Witty?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Witty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Witty?
    Ernest Witty, Anglo-Spanish footballer (1880-1969).
    Where is the surname Witty most common?
    Wikidata records people named Witty in Spain.
    Is the surname Witty getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,012 in 2010, up 2.4%.