Rittgers Surname

470,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Rittgers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rittgers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7101:510,50642,792
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:545,85537,602

Rittgers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rittgers is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rittgers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 470,273rd most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,206,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Rittgers reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 710 people, or 1 in 510,506. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 21 percent are found, Texas, where 11 percent are found and Ohio, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Rittgers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rittgers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rittgers last name rose 772 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rittgers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rittgers surname are 25.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.51% registered to vote for the political party.

Rittgers earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.3% more than the national average, earning $43,709 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ritters93433/
Ritgers934/
Rüttgers881,894/
Ruttgers8830/
Rettgers8811/
Rietters884/
Ruitters881/
Rittgars880/
Riters8652/
Rigers8625/
Ruettgers82295/
Ruiters8016,135/
Rutgers804,180/
Riggers80957/
Ridgers80651/
Reiters80184/
Rütgers8090/
Risters8089/
Reigers8070/
Ratgers8068/
Rihters8063/
Retters8025/
Raiters8016/
Rytters806/
Rieters802/
Rhiters802/
Roigers802/
Rigiers801/
Rixgers801/
Roiters801/
Ritzers800/
Richters752,746/
Ruijters75793/
Ruijgers75127/
Reijgers7557/
Retterås7527/
Rytterås7515/
Raatgers7512/
Raisters7510/
Reutgers753/
Raytters752/
Ryttersø752/
Routgers751/
Ruthgers751/
Ruetgers751/
Ritchers751/
Reigerse751/
Ruttgars750/
Retthers750/
Rittirsch7160/
Ryters7140/
Rijers7135/
Reters7126/
Regers7112/
Ragers718/
Risers717/
Rizers714/
D'Ridgers711/
Ruthgeers711/
Rīters711/
Ruyters671,023/
Reijers67996/
Reuters67822/
Reggers67399/
Raggers67263/
Roijers67262/
Rudgers67246/
Reygers67166/
Redgers67144/
Rijerse6788/
Rayters6759/
Ruygers6751/
Rethers6744/
Reyters6721/
Reagers6715/
Rougers675/
Raisers675/
Royters674/
Resters674/
Reizers672/
Radgers671/
Reziers671/
Raugers671/
Rehters671/
Retiers671/
Raziers671/
Rythers670/
Roygers670/
Raygers670/

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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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  • 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 Rittgers
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