The Rita surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,225 people carried this name — #20,219 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Rita.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Charente.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Rita live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rita.
- Risse 828 · U.S. census
- Rissel 130 · U.S. census
- Risser 1,735 · U.S. census
- Risso 557 · U.S. census
- Rist 1,832 · U.S. census
- Ristic 328 · U.S. census
- Ritt 789 · U.S. census
- Ritter 32,864 · U.S. census
- Ritz 6,255 · U.S. census
- Ritzenthaler 393 · U.S. census
- Ritzler 254 · U.S. census
- Ritzmann 207 · U.S. census
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