The Hite surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,810 people carried this name — #3,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (11,776).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

52 families named Hite, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 288 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 25
North Carolina 11
Pennsylvania 8
New Hampshire 3
Vermont 3
New York 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hite in American newspapers,
1883.

Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Hite
The Butler Weekly Times 1883-03-14
Newspaper page from Mexico Weekly Ledger carrying the name Hite
Mexico Weekly Ledger 1883-08-30
Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Hite
The Butler Weekly Times 1883-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 364,368 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hite in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

4,106 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hite. The most, 733, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,052
New South Wales 1,018
Queensland 818
Tasmania 635
South Australia 327
Western Australia 237
ACT (Canberra) 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hite.

Who carried it

People named Hite,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wood Hite
    Wood Hite 1850–1881 · gangster
  • Charles J. Hite
    Charles J. Hite 1876–1914 · film producer
  • Mabel Hite
    Mabel Hite 1883–1912 · actor
  • Bentley Hite
    Bentley Hite 1900–1992 · politician
  • Joist Hite d. 1760 · pioneer
  • Elizabeth Hite 1750–1785

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hite,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States812 records

812 records of the Hite name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 556
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 152
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 50
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • Sacramento County historic burials 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Pittman Hite

    Born 1909 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; elevator operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eugene Taylor Hite

    Born 1931; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1952 in Korea. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bobbie Lee Hite

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. Born 1952, died 1997; buried at Fort Bragg Post Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 812 records for Hite in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia74 records

74 records of the Hite name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 63
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Alice Selina Hite

    Born 1872 in Deloraine, Tasmania. Married 1897 in Emu Bay, Tasmania, aged 25.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Myrine Isabel Hite

    Of Lakes Entrance, Victoria; died 1985.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Samuel Hite

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Malabar, sailing from England in 1821.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 74 records for Hite in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hite name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record P. Hite

    Northamptonshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Hite name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Fransoys Hite

    Baptised in 1638 in Groede.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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