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The rittman Surname

rittman Name Meaning and History

  1. topographic name for someone who lived among reeds, from Middle High German riet (ritt) ‘reed’ + man ‘man’.
  2. topographic name for someone who lived in a woodland clearing, Middle High German riute.
  3. from a Germanic personal name based on rid ‘ride’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of rittman Families in the US in 1920
Number of rittman families
 10-17
 4-9
 1-3
 0
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