Ruiter

See also: ruiter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Ruiter, from ruiter (“knight, horseman”).

Proper noun

Ruiter (plural Ruiters)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ruiter is the 35294^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 638 individuals. Ruiter is most common among White (94.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ruiter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.