Ristow
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from a place name/dwelling name; bearer count 426
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɹɪstoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ristow is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- BRBrazil
- USUnited States
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)
Toponymic surname from a place name/dwelling name; bearer count 426.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ristow is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Toponymic surname from a place name in -ow; bearers in Poland: 11.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, toponymischer Familienname; HerkunftsN zum SiedlungsN Ristow in Pommern, heute Rzyszczewo Białogardzki bzw. Rzyszczewo Sławienski; Varianten auf -au vorherrschend.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
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)
- Walter Ristowb. 1908USAmerican map curator (1908-2006)
- Helmut Ristowb. 1922theologian
- Günther Ristowb. 1924DEGerman archaeologist
- Mary Ristowb. 19571957 - present | American | Printmaker
- Michael Ristowb. 1967DEGerman physician, scientist and professor of energy metabolism at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
- Sebastian Ristowb. 1967DEGerman archaeologist
- Christian Ristowb. 1970USAmerican artist, creator of monumental metal sculptures
- Susanne Ristowb. 1971DEGerman painter
- Isabell Ristowb. 1986DEGerman illustrator and cartoonist
- Michael Ristowb. 2000DEGerman botanist
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 19 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.8K | #5,302 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #22,012 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,469 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,923 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #37,696 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 28 | #73,149 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #184,888 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Ristow mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname from a place name/dwelling name; bearer count 426. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Ristow?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɪstoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ristow have the most bearers?
- Ristow is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ristowThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ristow”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.