Explore the Family Name Bitler

The meaning of Bitler

Altered form of German Bittler or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Bitler in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Bitler has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Bitler was ranked 23,884th most popular surname, but dropped to 24,914th place by 2010. This represents a decline of 4.31 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Bitler surname slightly increased from 987 in 2000 to 998 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was an 8.11 percent decrease from 0.37 in 2000 to 0.34 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,884	#24,914	-4.31%
Count	987	998	1.11%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.34	-8.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bitler

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Bitler surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority identify as White, although this proportion decreased slightly from 95.44 percent in 2000 to 94.19 percent in 2010. The data also reveals growth in the number of Bitlers identifying with two or more ethnicities, increasing from 1.22 percent to 2.00 percent. The percentage of Bitlers identifying as Hispanic also rose, from 1.62 percent in 2000 to 2.30 percent in 2010. Interestingly, the census showed an emergence of Bitlers identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010 at 0.70 percent, whereas none were recorded in 2000. Conversely, those identifying as Black decreased to zero in 2010, after being 1.11 percent in 2000. The data for American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity was consistently zero for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.44%	94.19%	-1.31%
Hispanic	1.62%	2.3%	41.98%
Two or More Races	1.22%	2%	63.93%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.7%	0%
Black	1.11%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%