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pitt Name Meaning and History

English: from Middle English pytte, pitte ‘pit’, ‘hollow’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a pit or hollow, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Pitt in Hampshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The pitt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the pitt family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of pitt Families in the US in 1920
Number of pitt families
 65-127
 22-64		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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