Reiter Surname
Approximately 65,315 people bear this surname
Reiter Surname Definition:
(German) One who rode a horse, a cavalryman; one who cleared land for tilling.
Read More About This SurnameReiter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23,183 | 1:3,473 | 373 |
| Austria | 16,939 | 1:503 | 22 |
| United States | 15,683 | 1:23,112 | 2,909 |
| Brazil | 1,926 | 1:111,150 | 4,192 |
| Canada | 1,344 | 1:27,415 | 3,642 |
| France | 1,022 | 1:64,993 | 8,951 |
| Poland | 781 | 1:48,667 | 7,679 |
| Australia | 531 | 1:50,839 | 6,318 |
| Israel | 527 | 1:16,238 | 2,435 |
| Hungary | 507 | 1:19,361 | 2,185 |
| Luxembourg | 330 | 1:1,759 | 188 |
| Switzerland | 303 | 1:27,105 | 4,164 |
| Czechia | 265 | 1:40,126 | 6,642 |
| England | 163 | 1:341,829 | 24,929 |
| Argentina | 158 | 1:270,528 | 21,773 |
| Denmark | 157 | 1:35,954 | 3,745 |
| Ukraine | 151 | 1:301,475 | 38,439 |
| Belgium | 136 | 1:84,534 | 13,247 |
| Italy | 91 | 1:672,052 | 58,782 |
| Russia | 90 | 1:1,601,367 | 107,342 |
| Slovenia | 85 | 1:29,267 | 6,001 |
| Thailand | 77 | 1:917,381 | 143,219 |
| Croatia | 76 | 1:55,640 | 10,530 |
| Estonia | 69 | 1:19,157 | 3,287 |
| Romania | 63 | 1:318,696 | 28,224 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Slovakia | 53 | 1:100,688 | 19,203 |
| Spain | 52 | 1:899,078 | 35,195 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 1:604,082 | 10,803 |
| Sweden | 40 | 1:246,169 | 17,052 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Chile | 30 | 1:587,216 | 14,299 |
| Peru | 21 | 1:1,513,530 | 22,524 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,146 | 1:43,821 | 5,084 |
The alternate forms: Réiter (1) are calculated separately.
Reiter (201) may also be a first name.
Reiter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who rode a horse, a cavalryman; one who cleared land for tilling.
(from an ancestor's occupation) Russian Jews were very much involved in the lumber business. Large areas of forests would be leased and the lumber would be sent down the rivers to the ports. The one in charge of this operation was the rayter. Also, Ryter.
User-submitted Reference
Reiter is a German occupational surname for a mounted soldier or knight, derived from the Middle Low German word rider, or Middle High German riter, meaning 'rider'.
A variant of Reuter.
A habitational surname for someone from any of the various places in Germany and Austria called Reit or Reith.
- haffman97Reiter Demographics
Average Reiter Salary in
United States
$47,371 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Reiter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reiter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Reiter (Arabic: رعيتر) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Réiter. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Reiter? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,704th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 111,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Reiter live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 639,077th most prevalent forename internationally, held by 201 people.
The last name Reiter is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 23,183 people, or 1 in 3,473. In Germany Reiter is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 44 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Reiter is found in 86 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 24 percent reside.
Reiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Reiter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Reiter surname grew 1,368 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,811 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Reiter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Reiter last name are 13.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.28% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Reiter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.24% more than the national average, earning 488,806 kr per year; in Peru they earn 30.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,391 per year; in South Africa they earn 114.35% more than the national average, earning R 509,388 per year; in United States they earn 9.78% more than the national average, earning $47,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $51,914 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Reiter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Reiter in the Arabic language | ||
| رعيتر | rytr | - |
| رايتر | raytr | - |
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Reiter Reference & Research
Ritter DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Ritter FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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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