How common is the surname Ritenour?

2,726 people in the United States had the surname Ritenour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. It ranked 11,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ritenour?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ritenour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ritenour?

Lee Ritenour, American male guitarist, musician, and composer.

Where is the surname Ritenour most common?

Wikidata records people named Ritenour in the United States.

Is the surname Ritenour getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,726 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Ritenour

A surname, carried by 2,726 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ritenour is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,726 people named Ritenour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,753.

#11,537

rank among US surnames

2,726

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #10,665)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177
#11,534	Haigh	2,727	113,218
#11,537	Ritenour	2,726	113,260
#11,540	Pardee	2,725	113,301
#11,543	Woodrow	2,723	113,384

Who is named Ritenour

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

97% of people named Ritenour identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ritenours

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Ritenour
American male guitarist, musician, and composer, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ritenour

Ritenour has the Soundex code R356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R356.

Questions

How common is the surname Ritenour?: 2,726 people in the United States had the surname Ritenour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. It ranked 11,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ritenour?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ritenour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ritenour?: Lee Ritenour, American male guitarist, musician, and composer.
Where is the surname Ritenour most common?: Wikidata records people named Ritenour in the United States.
Is the surname Ritenour getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,726 in 2010, down 1.0%.