Explore the Family Name Gitlin

The meaning of Gitlin

Jewish (from Belarus): metronymic from a pet form of the female personal name Gute. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Blyuma, Izrail, Moisey.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Gitlin experienced a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gitlin was ranked as the 28,856th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had dropped to the 35,294th position, a decrease of 22.31%. Similarly, the count of people carrying the Gitlin name also fell during this period, from 776 individuals in 2000 to 638 in 2010, marking a reduction of 17.78%. The proportion of the Gitlin surname per 100,000 people decreased by 24.14% over the same decade, going from 0.29 to 0.22.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,856	#35,294	-22.31%
Count	776	638	-17.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.22	-24.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gitlin

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some changes within a ten-year span. In 2000, 97.55% of Gitlins identified as White, but by 2010, this percentage had dropped slightly to 95.3%, showing a mild shift in its ethnic composition. During the same timeframe, the percentage of Gitlins identifying as Hispanic grew from zero to 2.98%. However, there were no Gitlins recorded as identifying with Asian/Pacific Islander or Two or more races categories in 2010, despite small proportions reported in these categories in the year 2000. The Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories reported zero Gitlins for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.55%	95.3%	-2.31%
Hispanic	0%	2.98%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.64%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.9%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%