Last Name HEWITT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Hugh.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank 1,114 (2000 US census) 973 (1990 US census)
Count 28,857 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.19%, or 24583 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.36%, or 2990 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 130 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.56%, or 162 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.66%, or 479 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.77%, or 511 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

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