Last Name PITT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the pit or pitts, from residence beside a hole, natural or artificial. or precipitous hollow, so called. Or the final 's' in Pitts is the patronymic, as in Williams, Jones, Wilkins, etc.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, South african, Hungarian

Rank 3,755 (2000 US census) 2,755 (1990 US census)
Count 8,666 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.77%, or 5873 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 27.97%, or 2424 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.54%, or 47 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.73%, or 150 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 135 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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