Reitter
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 192 Bearer. Entweder aus Reutter entrundet oder Berufsname zu mhd
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɹaɪtɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reitter is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CLChile
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
192 Bearer. Entweder aus Reutter entrundet oder Berufsname zu mhd. rîter 'Reiter', rîter 'Sieb' oder reiten 'rechnen'. Demonstriert Dentalvariation tt/t/th/d.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- USUnited States
- DEGermany
- FRFrance
- CLChile
- ARArgentina
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Reitter is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Karte zeigt t/tt nach Diphthong; 192 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Daniel von Reitterb. 1759DEbotanist (1759-1811)
- Ferenc Reitterb. 1813ROHungarian architect (1813-1874)
- József Reitterb. 1825HUHungarian fire marshal in Dunaföldvár
- Edmund Reitterb. 1845ATAustrian entomologist (1845–1920)
- Minna Berghausenb. 1876DEnot in their usual nameHolocaust victim (born 1876)
- Emmerich Reitterb. 1880CZCzechoslovakian entomologist (1880-1945)
- Albert Reitterb. 1895ATAustrian politician and jurist (1895-1962)
- Edmund Reitterb. 1904ATAustrian sculptor (1904-2005)
- Karl Reitterb. 1953ATAustrian social scientist and philosopher
- Anke Reitterresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 447 | #47,429 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 434 | #51,779 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 417 | #47,735 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 130 | #51,862 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 68 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 19 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Reitter?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹaɪtɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Reitter mean?
- Recorded meaning: 192 Bearer. Entweder aus Reutter entrundet oder Berufsname zu mhd.
- In which country does Reitter have the most bearers?
- Reitter is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Reitter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.