The Reitter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 447 people carried this name — #47,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 417 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 95 people named Reitter.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 68 people named Reitter live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Mendoza.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Reitter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Daniel von Reitter 1759–1811 · teacher -
Ferenc Reitter 1813–1874 · architect -
József Reitter 1825–1902 · fire marshal -
Edmund Reitter 1845–1920 · naturalist -
Minna Berghausen 1876–1942
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Emmerich Reitter 1880–1945 · entomologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reitter.
- Reiss 7,334 · U.S. census
- Reisser 168 · U.S. census
- Reist 700 · U.S. census
- Reisz 439 · U.S. census
- Reiter 10,802 · U.S. census
- Reith 1,864 · U.S. census
- Reitz 7,604 · U.S. census
- Reitzer 119 · U.S. census
- Relle 122 · U.S. census
- Rello 147 · U.S. census
- Remacle 170 · U.S. census
- Rembert 3,994 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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