The Hitter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 173 people carried this name — #103,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 10% from 192 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Hitter.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Hitter live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Hitter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfons Hitter 1892–1968 · military personnel -
Ferenc Hitter 1945–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hitter.
- Hirt 2,810 · U.S. census
- Hirth 1,387 · U.S. census
- Hirtz 310 · U.S. census
- Hisler 318 · U.S. census
- Hiss 379 · U.S. census
- Hitte 146 · U.S. census
- Hittinger 260 · U.S. census
- Hittler 133 · U.S. census
- Hitz 1,666 · U.S. census
- Ho 49,817 · U.S. census
- Hoang 29,798 · U.S. census
- Hobart 3,129 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hitter is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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