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 last name de Ritter is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname de Ritter is the 1,210,518th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name de Ritter is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of de Ritter reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 137,294. In The Netherlands de Ritter is most frequent in: Zeeland, where 53 percent reside, South Holland, where 22 percent reside and North Holland, where 10 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

de Ritter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Ritter has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the de Ritter surname 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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