Nesbitt
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).
Proper noun
Nesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)
- A civil parish without a council in County Durham, England.
- An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas, United States.
- A community in the Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nesbitt is the 2717th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13248 individuals. Nesbitt is most common among White (59.74%) and Black/African American (35.03%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nesbitt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 659.