Sitte

surname · Latin script

Meaning: custom, tradition, common practice, rite

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/zɪtə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sitte is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 71K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 283K
  • CZCzechia1 in 315K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
73 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

custom, tradition, common practice, rite

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sitte counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sitte is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,100 est.≈1 in 71K—Sitte73
US United States1361 in 2.4M142Sitte20
FR France≈47 est.≈1 in 1.4M11Sitte51
CZ Czechia341 in 315K34—1
AT Austria≈31 est.≈1 in 283K—Sitte19
CH Switzerland41 in 2.1M4Sitte3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sitte is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria

    Also written Şitte

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Şitte

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, Tanzania

    Also written Şitte

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sitte is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, to sit (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, alternative form of sitja

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Estonian, partitive plural of sita

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, inflection of sittan:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Western Frisian, to sit

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Franz Sitte, b. 1818Camillo Sitte, b. 1843Heinrich Sitte, b. 1879Julia Sitte, b. 1881Kurt Sitte, b. 1910Willi Sitte, b. 1921Rudolf Sitte, b. 1922Petra Sitte, b. 1960Malcolm Treviño-Sitté, b. 1981

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Sitte, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sitte mean, and where does it come from?
custom, tradition, common practice, rite Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Sitte?
A machine transcription gives /zɪtə/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Sitte have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Sitte in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sitte.
How common is the name Sitte?
In the United States, the national register counted 136 people named Sitte in 2010, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sitte”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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