How common is the last name Witt?

30,145 people in the United States have the last name Witt, about 1 in 9,915. It ranks #1,143 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WITT

#1,143

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
30,145
About
1 in 9,915
This common or more
41.3%
Who bears it

Of the 30,145 people with the last name Witt, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Witt

#1,141 Springer · 30,177#1,142 Segura · 30,149#1,144 Orellana · 30,123#1,145 Gorman · 30,102

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Witt, most common first.

#3,731 Witte · 9,261#15,248 Witty · 1,853#67,004 Wit · 318#77,921 With · 265#81,311 Wiatt · 251

Also a first name

As a first name, Witt ranks #29,486 of 53,615, with 300 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 42 births. See Witt as a first name

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