Explore the Family Name Witters

The meaning of Witters

1. German: patronymic from Witter 1. 2. English: variant of Whitehouse or Whitter, with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Witters has seen a decrease between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname slid from 28,824 in 2000 to 39,773 in 2010, marking a significant drop of nearly 38%. The count of individuals bearing the Witters surname also declined by about 29%, from 777 in 2000 to 552 in 2010. As a result, the proportion of the Witters surname per 100,000 people fell by approximately 34% over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,824	#39,773	-37.99%
Count	777	552	-28.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.19	-34.48%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Witters

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the Witters surname has been predominantly associated with individuals of white ethnic identity. In both years, 2000 and 2010, this group accounted for over 93% of all individuals with the Witters surname. However, there was a slight reduction of 0.50% in the proportion of whites having the Witters surname from 2000 to 2010. People identifying as two or more races and those identifying as Black saw changes in their proportions as well, with a decline of 12.14% for the former and a rise of 32.04% for the latter. During this period, there was a slight increase of 9.48% in the proportion of Hispanics bearing the Witters surname. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained unchanged, possibly suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.95%	93.48%	-0.5%
Black	2.06%	2.72%	32.04%
Two or More Races	2.06%	1.81%	-12.14%
Hispanic	1.16%	1.27%	9.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%