Pitts Surname

7,809th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Pitts Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pit' or 'pitts,' from residence beside a hole, natural or artificial, or precipitous hollow, so called; compare coal-pit. Pitts represents several such hollows: or the final 's' is the patronymic, as in Williams, Jones, Wilkins, &c.

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Pitts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States62,5431:5,795675
England4,7231:11,7971,737
Australia2,3101:11,6861,716
Canada1,5861:23,2323,162
South Africa3291:164,67418,420
New Zealand2481:18,2593,196
Belize2261:1,573361
Wales1001:30,9453,130
Scotland771:69,5305,379
Ireland691:68,2454,322
Germany651:1,238,54679,660
Isle of Man511:1,683305
Northern Ireland471:39,2563,678
France461:1,443,972140,296
Russia411:3,515,196179,721
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Kazakhstan281:631,51843,439
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Greece161:692,48777,522
Ecuador151:1,060,39014,974
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
India101:76,706,538639,611
Nicaragua101:602,1093,988
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Jersey51:19,8403,614
China51:273,464,31313,838
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guam11:160,1214,893
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland311:142,8997,868
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8421:8,5771,296
Wales461:34,0961,856
Isle of Man311:1,751233
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,5701:5,248657

Pitts (159) may also be a first name.

Pitts Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pit' or 'pitts,' from residence beside a hole, natural or artificial, or precipitous hollow, so called; compare coal-pit. Pitts represents several such hollows: or the final 's' is the patronymic, as in Williams, Jones, Wilkins, &c.; compare Brooks, Styles, Knowles, Holmes, &c. v. Putt.

Simon de la Pitte de Shottebrok, Close Rolls, 36 Henry III.

Robert in the Pyt, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Simon atte-Pitte, Close Rolls, 26 Edward III.

Richard Attepitte, 4 Henry IV, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1588. Married — Richard Pit and Mary Bates: St. Antholin (London).

1630-1. Arthur Pittes and Anne Pennington: Marriage Lic. (London).

1655. Baptised — Robert, s. John Pitt: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Genit., and pl., of Pitt, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near a hole or steep hollow; one who came from Pitt (pit), in Hampshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From residence in the vicinity of one. Hence also Pitter and Pittman.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Pitts Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pitts (Russian: Питц) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pitts? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,809th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 100,084 people. Pitts occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Pitts live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 727,628th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 159 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 62,543 people, or 1 in 5,795. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 79 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Pitts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pitts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pitts surname grew 654 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 770 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 223 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pitts Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pitts last name is chiefly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pitts last name are 13.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pitts earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 9.53% less than the national average, earning R 214,992 per year; in United States they earn 7.77% less than the national average, earning $39,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.89% less than the national average, earning $47,254 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phitts9165/
Pittss914/
Paitts911/
Pittsd911/
Puitts911/
Peitts911/
Pits89406/
D'Pitts831/
Pitse802,739/
Petts802,484/
Pittz80241/
Piets80191/
Puits8056/
Pitsh8046/
Peits8032/
Pitsz8019/
Poits8015/
Pitss805/
Paits803/
Piths802/
Pitcs802/
Pytts802/
Pitst801/
Phits800/
Pittsová774/
Pitsch734,441/
Pietsz7339/
Pitchs7318/
Poists7317/
Piedts7314/
Pettse7311/
Poites7310/
Pietds739/
Paites739/
Pichts738/
Pitshe737/
Pietsh732/
Peatts732/
Phitzs731/
Phiths731/
Pittzz731/
Peetts731/
Pitcht731/
Peites731/
Peitsh730/
Pettst730/
Phetts730/
Piettzsch711/
Pietsch6724,928/
Pitz677,360/
Pyts671,468/
Pets67987/
Peitsch67769/
Päts6764/
Pfitsch6751/
Pids6730/
Péts6717/
Paitsch6715/
Poitsch6714/
Pitzsch6714/
Pitsova675/
Pitsche673/
Pietzsh672/
Pitc672/
Pizs672/
Pietcsh671/
Pitx671/
Pjts671/
Pettssh671/

Pitts Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pitts in the Russian language
Питцpitc-

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Pitts Reference & Research

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