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    The surname Rittenberry

    A surname, carried by 1,031 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex R351

    Rittenberry: #24,325 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rittenberry #24,325, 1,031 people Rittenberry: #24,325 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rittenberry #24,325, 1,031 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rittenberry is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,031 people named Rittenberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,002.

    #24,325
    rank among US surnames
    1,031
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,594)

    Who is named Rittenberry

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

    89% of people named Rittenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rittenberry

    Rittenberry has the Soundex code R351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R351.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rittenberry?
    1,031 people in the United States had the surname Rittenberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. It ranked 24,325th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rittenberry?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rittenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rittenberry getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,031 in 2010, up 2.9%.