How common is the surname Reiter?

10,802 people in the United States had the surname Reiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,582 Americans. It ranked 3,319th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reiter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reiter?

Mario Reiter, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Charles Luis Reiter.

Where is the surname Reiter most common?

Wikidata records people named Reiter in Austria, Brazil and Germany.

Is the surname Reiter getting more or less common?

More common. 10,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,802 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Reiter

A surname, carried by 10,802 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reiter is more common than 98% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,802 people named Reiter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,582 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,487.

#3,319

rank among US surnames

10,802

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,151)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,310	Hardwick	10,841	28,479
#3,312	Seibert	10,826	28,519
#3,313	Briseno	10,821	28,532
#3,315	Nolen	10,820	28,535
#3,316	Hardesty	10,817	28,543
#3,317	Pauley	10,809	28,564
#3,318	Haddad	10,804	28,577

Who is named Reiter

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

95% of people named Reiter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reiters

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mario Reiter
Austrian alpine skier, born 1970
Charles Luis Reiter
Brazilian association football player, born 1988
Josef Reiter
Austrian judoka, born 1959
Maria Reiter
Adolf Hitler's love interest (1909-1992)
Dominik Reiter
Association football player, born 1998
Patrick Reiter
Austrian judo fighter, born 1972

Notable Reiters come mostly from Austria (4), Brazil (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reiter

Reiter has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

Questions

How common is the surname Reiter?: 10,802 people in the United States had the surname Reiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,582 Americans. It ranked 3,319th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reiter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reiter?: Mario Reiter, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Charles Luis Reiter.
Where is the surname Reiter most common?: Wikidata records people named Reiter in Austria, Brazil and Germany.
Is the surname Reiter getting more or less common?: More common. 10,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,802 in 2010, up 3.0%.