The Sitter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,019 people carried this name — #24,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is down 7% from 1,095 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sitter surname
Derived from German Schütte (“chute”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Šitter» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Sitter.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
37 people named Sitter live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Sitter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Willem de Sitter 1872–1934 · astronomer -
Ignac Sitter 1875–1939 · mayor -
Ignac Sitter 1875–1939 · mayor
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Ignac Sitter 1875–1939 · mayor
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Pieter Corneliszoon de Sitter 1640–1676 · naval officer
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Jacobus Sitter 1662–1713 · professor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sitter.
- Siry 194 · U.S. census
- Sisco 7,993 · U.S. census
- Sissoko 476 · U.S. census
- Sisti 730 · U.S. census
- Sitarz 363 · U.S. census
- Sitko 1,014 · U.S. census
- Sitterle 108 · U.S. census
- Sittler 339 · U.S. census
- Sitz 1,156 · U.S. census
- Sivard 120 · U.S. census
- Siwek 708 · U.S. census
- Six 3,497 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sitter is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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