Ritmeijer Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ritmeijer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ritmeijer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1331:126,97119,799
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ritmeijer Last Name Facts

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

Ritmeijer is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ritmeijer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ritmeijer is the 1,484,726th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. Ritmeijer is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ritmeijer are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 126,971. In The Netherlands Ritmeijer is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 38 percent are found, Gelderland, where 23 percent are found and South Holland, where 18 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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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