Explore the Family Name De Witte

The meaning of De Witte

Dutch; Flemish (also Dewitte): variant of De Witt. The Flemish surname is also found in France (Nord). Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Adhemar, Alphonse, Cyrille, Henri, Prosper.

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How common is the last name De Witte in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname De Witte showed a minor shift between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, De Witte was ranked as the 23,721st most popular surname, and by 2010, it had moved to the 23,725th spot, representing a minute change of -0.02%. The number of individuals with the De Witte surname increased from 996 in 2000 to 1,067 in 2010, representing a growth of 7.13%. Despite the increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 2.7%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,721	#23,725	-0.02%
Count	996	1,067	7.13%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.36	-2.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Witte

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that there was a slight shift in the ethnic makeup of people with the surname De Witte between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of De Wittes identifying as white decreased from 95.98% to 94.56%, while those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 1.71% to 3.47%. There were minimal changes in other categories: the percentage identifying as Black decreased marginally from 0.90% to 0.66%. There was no data available for Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, but by 2010, 0.66% of De Wittes identified as Asian/Pacific Islander. No De Wittes identified as being of two or more races in 2010, down from 0.60% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.98%	94.56%	-1.48%
Hispanic	1.71%	3.47%	102.92%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.66%	0%
Black	0.9%	0.66%	-26.67%
Two or More Races	0.6%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%