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Where Does The Last Name Pit Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Pit (Bengali: পিত, Hindi: पित, Marathi: पीट, Oriya: ପିତ) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Piț, Pîț or Pîţ. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pit? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Pit is the 18,467^th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 244,065 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Pit are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pit is also the 47,487^th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 14,508 people.

It is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 24,918 people, or 1 in 30,784. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Haryana, where 98 percent live, Chandigarh, where 1 percent live and West Bengal, where 1 percent live. Beside India Pit is found in 84 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent live and Cambodia, where 3 percent live.

Pit Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Pit has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pit last name expanded 431 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pit Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pit last name is principally Orthodox (79%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

The amount Pit earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.55% less than the national average, earning €7,043 per year; in South Africa they earn 82.43% less than the national average, earning R 41,760 per year; in United States they earn 13.36% less than the national average, earning $37,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.46% less than the national average, earning $42,997 CAD per year.