Pitt - wikipedia Pitt Look up Pitt or pitt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. See also : Pitts ( disambiguation ) Pitt is a surname of British origin. Used on its own, in Europe or in history it most commonly refers to one of two British statesmen : William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ( William Pitt the Elder ) ( 1708 -- 1778 ), British Prime Minister and 1st Earl of Chatham 1766 -- 1768 William Pitt the Younger ( 1759 -- 1806 ), British Prime Minister 1783 -- 1801 and 1804 -- 1806, son of Pitt the Elder In the U.S., mainly in education or sports, it most commonly refers to : PITT portal Pittsburgh portal University of Pittsburgh ( `` Pitt '' ), located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pitt Panthers, the athletic teams of the University of Pittsburgh Pittsburg State University ( `` Pitt State '' ), located in Pittsburg, Kansas In American popular culture it commonly refers to : Brad Pitt ( born 1963 ), American actor It may also refer to the following people : Andrew Pitt, motorcycle racer from New South Wales, Australia Christopher Pitt ( 1699 -- 1748 ), English poet and translator Courtney Pitt ( born 1981 ), English footballer David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead ( 1913 -- 1994 ), civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom Harvey Pitt ( born 1945 ), former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) Ingrid Pitt ( 1937 -- 2010 ), Polish actress in horror films of the 1960s and 70s Kalanimoku ( 1768 -- 1827 ), prominent Hawaiian official given the name William Pitt by visiting Europeans Malcolm Pitt ( 1897 -- 1985 ), American college sports coach Michael Pitt ( born 1981 ), American actor Redding Pitt ( 1944 -- 2016 ), attorney and chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party Thomas Pitt ( 1653 -- 1726 ), English merchant, grandfather of Pitt the Elder William Pitt ( architect ) ( 1855 -- 1918 ), architect working in Melbourne, Australia William Pitt ( engineer ) ( 1840 -- 1909 ), of New Brunswick, Canada, inventor of the underwater cable ferry in the early 1900s William Fox - Pitt ( born 1969 ), British three - day eventing rider Bill Pitt ( politician ) ( born 1937 ), British politician ; Liberal Member of Parliament, 1981 -- 1983 William Rivers Pitt ( born 1971 ), leftist author and essayist Pitt also refers to : Pitt, Hampshire, a hamlet in Hursley parish, Hampshire, England Pitt River, British Columbia, Canada Pit River, also known as Pitt River, California, United States River Pitt, Somerset, England Fiction Pitt, a comic book published by Full Bleed Studios The Pitt, a single issue comic book published in 1987 by Marvel Comics Fallout 3 : The Pitt, the second downloadable content pack for Fallout 3 Dirk Pitt, the protagonist of a series of bestselling adventure novels written by Clive Cussler Justin Pitt, a minor character in the television series Seinfeld See also HMS Pitt, British warships of that name References Jump up ^ `` Pitt Surname Meaning ''. forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2014 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pitt. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pitt&oldid=799401025 '' Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname - holder lists Surnames of English origin Hidden categories : All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Talk About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Svenska Türkçe Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 7 September 2017, at 14 : 20. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name pitt come from
Answer: in Europe