Nesbit is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nesbit
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nesbit

How popular is Nesbit?

Nesbit is common in United States.

Nesbit is ranked 58356 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nesbit bearers increased by 4.381161 per cent in 2010 US census to 4765 since 2000, the surname slipped by 219 spots and ranked at 7021. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.01 70.32
Black 26.09 26.16
Hispanic or Latino 2.73 1.64
Others 2.6 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.92 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.26
Nesbit is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 7951 people have been found who wears Nesbit as their family name. Nesbit is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
720,003 Russia4
2,011 South Korea4
661,536 Indonesia3
90,215 Germany3
15,956 Venezuela3
184,212 France3
14,078 Japan3
46,068 Philippines3
26,123 Malaysia2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
1,472 The Bahamas2
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
34,581 Chile1
151,601 Spain1
37,493 Austria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
56,169 Mexico1
5,872 Namibia1
118,015 Netherlands1
28,365 Kenya1
21,562 Portugal1
10,958 Bangladesh1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
13,447 Uganda1
492,292 Ukraine1
1,819 Laos1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,380 Trinidad and Tobago40
17,489 Denmark30
28,338 Norway20
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,180 Scotland85
Countries with hundreds of Nesbit:
8,103 England828
2,296 New Zealand329
20,379 South Africa292
10,267 Australia271
15,222 Canada245
Countries with thousands of Nesbit:
6,718 United States5,738
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 34 years old farmer Hamilton Nesbit who was residing in Newry, Ireland migrated to New-York on April 23, 1846 by Brothers put out from Newry. 21 years old Sarah Nesbit, Mechanic Joseph Nesbit, U Nesbit, aged 30, 5 years old Arthur Nesbit, 36 years old Gibbert Nesbit, Catherine Nesbit (30) Immigrant, 16 years old William Nesbit, Jane Nesbit (40) Maid, and 17 other Nesbit majority of whom were workman and others worked as mechanic and servant migrated to US.

Nesbit Namesakes

  • Greg (GWhizz) Nesbit, Musical Artist
  • E. Nesbit, Author
  • Aric Nesbitt, Political leader
  • Martin Nesbitt, Businessman
  • Beryl Nesbitt, Actress
  • E. Nesbit, Author
  • Beryl Nesbitt, Actress
  • James Nesbitt, Actor
  • Camilla Nesbitt, Film producer
  • Cathleen Nesbitt, Actress

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