Pitt: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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Meaning of the name

Many Pitt families will find their roots under Pitts, the form most records use. Read literally, Pitt points to “Dweller by a pit or hollow”.

Pitt drops the “s” of Pitts, a shortening that clerks often made. Related forms: Pittes and Pytts. According to the 2010 US Census, the Pitt surname had 9,151 bearers. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Pitta.

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