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De Witt Surname Meaning

Dutch and Flemish: nickname for someone with white or very fair hair or an exceptionally pale complexion from Middle Dutch witte ‘white’ + the definite article de. In the Netherlands and Belgium the surname is more commonly spelled De Wit.

English (Dewitt): variant of Devitt a name well evidenced in Nether Whitacre and Nuneaton (Warwickshire) and in Bedford (Bedfordshire).

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how De Witt families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De Witt family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most De Witt families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 10 De Witt families living in Ontario. This was about 40% of all the recorded De Witt's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of De Witt families in 1911.
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Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, De Witt life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1993. The average life expectancy for De Witt in 1956 was 56, and 79 in 2004.

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