Ritmeester Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Ritmeester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 528 | 1:31,983 | 5,317 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Ritmeester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ritmeester Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ritmeester has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ritmeester? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ritmeester is the 565,867th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. Ritmeester occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Ritmeester reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Ritmeester is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 528 people, or 1 in 31,983. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 48 percent reside, Gelderland, where 13 percent reside and North Holland, where 11 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rittmeester | 95 | 2 | / |
| Rithmester | 90 | 10 | / |
| Rittmeister | 86 | 269 | / |
| Reitmeister | 86 | 47 | / |
| Ritmeistere | 86 | 3 | / |
| Reitmeter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ritmaster | 84 | 0 | / |
| Riethmeister | 82 | 25 | / |
| Rittmaster | 80 | 127 | / |
| Rytmeister | 80 | 10 | / |
| Reitmeiter | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ritmetee | 78 | 2 | / |
| Reimeter | 78 | 1 | / |
| Reatmeister | 76 | 2 | / |
| Rimete | 75 | 7 | / |
| Reymester | 74 | 10 | / |
| Remeter | 71 | 158 | / |
| Rimette | 71 | 68 | / |
| Rimetir | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rimeeta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ryttmäster | 70 | 2 | / |
| Remetter | 67 | 898 | / |
| Ritmethi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Remitter | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Ritmeester
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