Nisbett
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English
Etymology
Variant of Nesbitt.
Proper noun
Nisbett (plural Nisbetts)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nisbett is the 30076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 780 individuals. Nisbett is most common among White (48.46%) and Black/African American (44.49%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nisbett”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 671.