as a Last Name
- 29,097
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Richter
Meaning & Origins
German: occupational name or status name for an arbiter or judge, Middle High German rihtære (from rihten ‘to make right’). The term was used in the Middle Ages mostly to denote a part-time legal official. Such communal conciliators held a position of considerable esteem in rural communities; in eastern Germany the term came to denote a village headman, which was often a hereditary office. It is in this region that the surname is most frequent.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 29,097
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Guam
- has the most people named Richter per capita
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