# Ritter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ritter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,252 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,053 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,285 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (32,864 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ritter in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ritter in the United States, Austria and the Kingdom of Italy.

## People named Ritter

- Krysten Ritter, American actress (born 1981)
- Thelma Ritter, American actress and vaudevillian (1902-1969)
- John Ritter, American actor (1948–2003)
- Jason Ritter, American actor
- Tex Ritter, American country musician (1905–1974)
- Louise Ritter, American high jumper
- Bill Ritter, American politician
- Josh Ritter, American musician
- Tyson Ritter, American singer
- Christiane Ritter, Austrian author and painter (1897-2000)
- Saverio Ritter, apostolic nuncio (1884–1951)
- Tyler Ritter, American actor

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Rider, Reiter, Rutter, Rieder, Rotter, Ridder, Riter, Reeder, Rader, Ryder, Reuter, Roeder.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.