de Ritter Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Ritter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Ritter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1231:137,29421,086
England241:2,321,58686,519
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

de Ritter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Ritter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Ritter is most common in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Ritter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,210,518th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of de Ritter live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 137,294. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Zeeland, where 53 percent are found, South Holland, where 22 percent are found and North Holland, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

de Ritter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Ritter has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the de Ritter last name rose 240 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Ritter Last Name Statistics demography

de Ritter earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 124.83% more than the national average, earning $97,014 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Ritter
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