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    The surname Reitan

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 684 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R350

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reitan is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Borrowed from Norwegian Reitan, which derives from the plural form of reit (“farmstead”), itself from Old Norse reitr (“marked-out space”).

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 684 people named Reitan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 451,382 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 644.

    #33,379
    rank among US surnames
    684
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,425)

    Who is named Reitan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Reitan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reitan

    Reitan has the Soundex code R350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R350.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Reitan come from?
    Borrowed from Norwegian Reitan, which derives from the plural form of reit (“farmstead”), itself from Old Norse reitr (“marked-out space”).
    How common is the surname Reitan?
    684 people in the United States had the surname Reitan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 451,382 Americans. It ranked 33,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reitan?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Reitan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Reitan getting more or less common?
    More common. 644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 684 in 2010, up 6.2%.