van Ritter Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

van Ritter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ritter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname451:12,2803,102
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Ritter9055/
van Riette902/
van Rite8929/
van Richter862/
van Ruter840/
van Reuter802/
van Ryte789/
van Rita782/
von Richter76128/
van Reste740/
von Reuter7013/
Von-Richter671/
van Rethy6351/
van Rethij601/

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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 van Ritter
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