Rittman Family History
Rittman Name Meaning
topographic name for someone who lived among reeds, from Middle High German riet (ritt) ‘reed’ + man ‘man’.topographic name for someone who lived in a woodland clearing, Middle High German riute.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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Name Distribution of Rittman Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rittman families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rittman families
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17 - 32 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rittman census records
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Rittman Family Origin
Rittman Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Rittman
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Rittman Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rittman census records
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Rittman Civil War Service Records
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