Wittke Family Name and Heraldry

Wittke is one more way Witt has been written over the centuries. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “White, fair-haired”. With the diminutive -ke, Wittke is a pet form of Witt that became a surname in its own right. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Witte, De Witt and Wit.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Wittke with 491 bearers, at rank 43,885. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Arms linked to Witt and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Wittke surname pack.