Last Name GITTINS

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Meaning Local: Of Gidding or Gedding. A parish near Stilton, county Hunts; also, a parish near Stowmarket, county Suffolk. The final 's' in Giddens and Giddings probably represent the 'ge' and 'gge' (pronounced like 'hinge').
The son of Gethin, A Welsh name. Also, local. The local version does not concern the Welsh surname with its variants.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 27,901 (2000 US census) 51,653 (1990 US census)
Count 810 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.56%, or 774 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.23%, or 10 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.74%, or 6 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.36%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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