Pits Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pits Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pits family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Farmer 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Tin Forbs Beater 1
Labourer 1
Wool Spinner 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pits

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pits 16
Sarah Pits 12
John Pits 11
Thomas Pits 8
Charles Pits 7
George Pits 7
James Pits 7
William Pits 7
Elizabeth Pits 6
Frederick Pits 6
Jane Pits 6
Ann Pits 5
Edward Pits 5
Henry Pits 5
Joseph Pits 5
Alice Pits 4
Amelia Pits 4
Eliza Pits 4
Emily Pits 4
Emma Pits 4
Robert Pits 4
Samuel Pits 4
Albert Pits 3
Annie Pits 3
Alexander Pits 2

Pits Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pitts 80% 21,739
2 Pates 60% 3,404
3 Peats 60% 634
4 Pets 75% 491
5 Pots 75% 409
6 Pits 100% 220
7 Peates 50% 167
8 Patis 60% 128

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The surname Pits is the 6th most popular variant of Pitts.

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