Pewitt Surname

263,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pewitt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pewitt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4801:244,90523,335
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:478,27334,042

Pewitt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pewitt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pewitt is found most in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pewitt click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pewitt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 263,899th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,910,745 people. Pewitt is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pewitt live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Pewitt is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,480 people, or 1 in 244,905. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Tennessee, where 42 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Pewitt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pewitt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pewitt surname increased 1,410 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pewitt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pewitt last name are 12.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.81% being registered with the political party.

Pewitt earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $45,050 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pewitte9242/
Piewitt9234/
Peweitt921/
Poewitt921/
Peewitt920/
Pewit910/
Pevitt83458/
Pewett83135/
Piwitt836/
Powitt834/
Pewite831/
Peavitt773/
Pechwit771/
Peivett770/
Pewette770/
Pawit73831/
Piwit7351/
Powit7336/
Pevit731/
Pewet730/
Pavitt672,372/
Pavett67276/
Pivett6734/
Pesuit6731/
Pivitt6728/
Pewete675/
Piwwit675/
Paveit675/
Poewet674/
Pewetz672/
Pawett671/
Powett671/
Povett671/
Pawait671/
Phowit671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pewitt
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