as a Last Name
- 14,493
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Nesbitt
Meaning & Origins
Scottish (Borders), northern English, and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several places in the Border region of Scotland called Nesbit(t) or Nisbit, named in northern Middle English with nese ‘nose’ + bit ‘mouthful’, ‘piece of ground’ (Old English bita) or bit ‘bend’ (Old English byht, modern bight). The place names refer either to a piece of raised land sticking up like a nose, or to a bend in a river shaped like a nose.
| 2,513th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,493
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Nesbitt per capita
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