van Ritter Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
van Ritter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Ritter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ritter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Ritter is carried by more people in Suriname than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ritter? popularity and diffusion
van Ritter is the 2,661,929th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of van Ritter are found; 85 percent are found in South America and 85 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.
It is most commonly used in Suriname, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 12,280. Not including Suriname this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| von Ritter | 90 | 55 | / |
| van Riette | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Rite | 89 | 29 | / |
| van Richter | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Ruter | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Reuter | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Ryte | 78 | 9 | / |
| van Rita | 78 | 2 | / |
| von Richter | 76 | 128 | / |
| van Reste | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Reuter | 70 | 13 | / |
| Von-Richter | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Rethy | 63 | 51 | / |
| van Rethij | 60 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 van Ritter
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