Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Ritz

    A surname, carried by 6,430 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R320

    Ritz: #5,413 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ritz #5,413, 6,430 people Ritz: #5,413 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ritz #5,413, 6,430 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ritz is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,430 people named Ritz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,016 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,255.

    #5,413
    rank among US surnames
    6,430
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,148)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,404Messick6,44147,934
    #5,405Abercrombie6,43947,949
    #5,407Marker6,43847,957
    #5,408Krantz6,43647,972
    #5,410Groth6,43447,987
    #5,411Yepez6,43347,994
    #5,412Chevalier6,43148,009

    Who is named Ritz

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

    92% of people named Ritz identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ritzs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lyle Ritz
      American bassist and ukulele player, 1930–2017

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ritz

    Ritz has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ritz come from?
    From the German surname, from the personal name Rizo, partially from Richard and partially from Heinrich. Also shortened from Moritz.
    How common is the surname Ritz?
    6,430 people in the United States had the surname Ritz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,016 Americans. It ranked 5,413th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ritz?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ritz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ritz?
    Lyle Ritz, American bassist and ukulele player.
    Where is the surname Ritz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ritz in the United States.
    Is the surname Ritz getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,430 in 2010, up 2.8%.