as a Last Name
- 7,820
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ridenour
Meaning & Origins
Americanized spelling of German Rittenauer or Rettenauer, a topographic name for someone living by a swampy water meadow (from Retten ‘swamp’ + Au ‘water meadow’ + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant), or a habitational name from a place named with these elements.
| 3,950th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,820
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Ridenour per capita
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