Explore the Family Name Raiter

The meaning of Raiter

1. South German: occupational name for a city financial officer (comptroller), from Middle High German reiten ‘calculate’. 2. German: occupational name for a man who cleared land for settlement, from Middle High German riuten, or for a horseback rider (Middle High German rīter), knight (compare Reiter). 3. Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Rajter, itself of German origin (see Reiter). Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Raiter in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Raiter saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Raiter was ranked 79,394th in popularity with a count of 223 individuals. By 2010, the rank had dropped to 85,659 and the count had slightly decreased to 218, indicating a change of -7.89 in rank and -2.24 in count. The proportion per 100k also reduced by 12.5%, indicating that fewer people carried this surname over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#79,394	#85,659	-7.89%
Count	223	218	-2.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Raiter

Regarding ethnic identity, the data obtained from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Raiter surname identify as White. This group saw a small increase from 95.52% in 2000 to 98.17% in 2010. Those identifying with two or more races made up 2.24% of the Raiter population in 2000 but were not present in 2010. Other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native either reported no change or had their data suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.52%	98.17%	2.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.24%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%