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allocation of the surname Rittmeyer / Rittmeier allows conclusions
about the regional origin of ancestors, since the majority of the
descendants of individual family branches usually also remained
resident in their regions of origin up to the present. In order
here to be meaningful the data used do not necessarily must be
up to date, as older data are more valuable than current data for
the purpose of family research. Accordingly, it is not the purpose
of this presentation to display current places of residence, but
provide statistically meaningful maps which provide the basis
for family research.
An evaluation
of phonebooks in Germany allow the following overview:
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The surname Rittmeier is currently registered in Germany in about 307
phone book entries, living in 67
cities and counties. The name Rittmeier occurs today especially in the counties / cities:
Göttingen (91), Region Hannover (20),
Eichsfeld (19), Warendorf (16), Hildesheim (15), Hamburg (9), Bamberg (8),
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (7), Paderborn (7) und Helmstedt (7) (Source: Verwandt.de). |
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The surname Rittmeyer is currently registered in Germany in about 230
phone book entries, living in 108
cities and counties. The name Rittmeyer occurs today especially in the counties / cities:
Helmstedt(16), Hamburg (11),
Region Hannover (8), Schwäbisch Hall (7),
Berlin (6), Schleswig-Flensburg (5), München
(5), Düsseldorf (5),
Günzburg (5) und Schwandorf (5)(Source: Verwandt.de).
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Thereafter, the surname Rittmeier / Rittmeyer
occur most frequently in Niedersachsen
(County Göttingen,
Region
Hannover
and Helmstedt), in
Nordrhein-Westfalen
(County Warendorf)
und Thüringen (County Eichsfeld).
Furthermore, the frequency of the surname in the region of Hamburg and Schwäbisch Hall
is striking. Two additional name variants Rittmaier
and Rittmayer deliver more information on the origin of the
ancestors which occur very often in Oberfranken
.
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The surname Rittmaier is currently registered in Germany in about 58
phone book entries, living in 22
cities and counties. The name Rittmaier occurs today especially in the counties / cities:
Bamberg(12), Erlangen-Höchstadt (7),
Hohenlohekreis (5), Lichtenfels (5), Heilbronn (3), Böblingen (3), Haßberge (3), Ludwigsburg (3), Bamberg (2) und
Nürnberger Land (2) (Source: Verwandt.de). |
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The surname Rittmayer is currently registered in Germany in about 11
phone book entries, living in 7
cities and counties. The name Rittmayer occurs today especially in the counties / cities:
Erlangen-Höchstadt(4), Forchheim (2),
Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim (1), Ostallgäu (1), Kiel (1), Bonn (1) und Konstanz (1) vor (Quelle: Verwandt.de).
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