Pittard
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Frequency: (560)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: unexplained; probably of French origin (see 2).
2. French: unflattering nickname from a derivative of Old French pite ‘pitiful’, ‘lamentable’, perhaps applied to a family living in extreme poverty.
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