Ritter Family History
Ritter Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German rit(t)er ‘knight’, ‘mounted
warrior’, Middle Low German ridder, applied as a status name,
occupational name, or nickname. Compare Knight.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ritter
Name Distribution of Ritter Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ritter families
 36 - 70  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ritter families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ritter census records
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Ritter Family Origin
Ritter Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ritter Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Ritter census records
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Military Service by Ritter
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