Nesbitt is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nesbitt
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nesbitt

How popular is Nesbitt?

Nesbitt is common in United States.

Nesbitt is ranked 17871 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nesbitt bearers increased by 2.873117 per cent in 2010 US census to 13248 since 2000, the surname slipped by 133 spots and ranked at 2717. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 59.74 62.57
Black 35.03 34.07
Others 2.23 1.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.26
Nesbitt is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 29257 people have been found who wears Nesbitt as their family name. Nesbitt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
95,557 Czech Republic6
7,113 Costa Rica5
9,391 Guyana5
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
381,097 Ukraine4
14,078 Japan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
28,232 Morocco2
17,547 Colombia2
31,767 Greece2
54,641 Sweden2
20,595 China2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
5,859 Mauritius2
18,718 Thailand2
91,024 Belgium1
3,993 El Salvador1
810,193 Indonesia1
1,704,541 India1
3,350 Fiji1
7,191 Afghanistan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,181 Botswana1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,578 Guam1
799 British Virgin Islands1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
9,498 Iceland1
5,589 Sudan1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
1,542 Andorra1
28,746 Algeria1
169,904 Brazil1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
243 Bermuda38
33,176 Zimbabwe38
9,524 Portugal37
54,131 Spain34
514 Isle of Man27
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
643 United States Virgin Islands24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
62,494 Netherlands22
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
67,110 Italy90
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Nesbitt:
8,131 Kenya628
1,713 Scotland420
1,632 Ireland322
199 The Bahamas286
1,521 Wales260
16,087 Mexico236
50,182 Germany202
4,250 New Zealand180
1,282 Trinidad and Tobago146
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Nesbitt:
2,248 England3,555
1,570 Canada3,281
4,263 South Africa1,534
2,155 Australia1,450
335 Northern Ireland1,013
Countries with ten thousands of Nesbitt:
2,687 United States14,966
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old Dorcas Nesbitt who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 18, 1846 by Cornet put out from Liverpool. Charles Nesbitt (22) Gameskeeper, Workwoman Susan Nesbitt, Workwoman Catherine Nesbitt, Weaver John Nesbitt, Henry Nesbitt, aged 20, 28 years old Joseph Nesbitt, Workman Thomas Nesbitt, Immigrant William Nesbitt, and 60 other Nesbitt around 41.46% of whom were farmer while others worked as spinster and servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast, Newry and Donegal.

Nesbitt Namesakes

    James Nesbitt, British actor
  • Aric Nesbitt, Political leader
  • Martin Nesbitt, Businessman
  • Beryl Nesbitt, Actress
  • Beryl Nesbitt, Actress
  • James Nesbitt, Actor
  • Camilla Nesbitt, Film producer
  • Cathleen Nesbitt, Actress
  • Robert Chancellor Nesbitt, Politician
  • Mary Cordell Nesbitt, Politician
  • Davida Elizabeth Nesbitt Hacking, Joanna David's mother

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