# Ritz (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,430 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,413 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,016 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (6,255 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from the personal name Rizo, partially from Richard and partially from Heinrich. Also shortened from Moritz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ritz 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ritz in the United States.

## People named Ritz

- Lyle Ritz, American bassist and ukulele player

## Similar surnames

Reitz, Rutz, Rotz, Ritch, Rhodes, Ritchie, Rhoades, Rhoads, Rodas, Reddick, Ridgeway, Ritchey.

## 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.