The Vit surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #106,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 161 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vit surname
Derived from Latin Vitus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vít» (Slovak), 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 95 people named Vit.
42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Vit live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Vit live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Vit,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Vit 1916–2005 · mayor
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Daniele Vit 1978– · singer
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Lucila Vit 1985– · actor
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Lucila Vit 1985– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vit.
- Visconti 2,540 · U.S. census
- Vise 1,075 · U.S. census
- Visentin 172 · U.S. census
- Visintin 122 · U.S. census
- Visser 5,231 · U.S. census
- Viste 268 · U.S. census
- Vita 1,842 · U.S. census
- Vital 5,004 · U.S. census
- Vitale 13,220 · U.S. census
- Vitali 905 · U.S. census
- Vitalis 343 · U.S. census
- Vite 814 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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