For the family research on this project 4203 persons were recorded with variants of the family name Rittmeyer / Rittmeier so far (see link, especially the name and location registry bar). The origin of the families is Germany and the surname Rittmeyer / Rittmeier was first found in 1629 in a church record by Wingerode. Particularly common the surnames Rittmeyer / Rittmeier were observed in Nesselröden (1033), Wingerode (299), Steinbach (153), Seulingen (114) und Hamburg (92). Regions with high prevalence could be determined in Göttingen (1451), Eichsfeld (472), Helmstedt (130), Warendorf (119) und Hamburg (106) in the given total number of events specified in brackets. The objective of this project is to present information about people with the family name Rittmeyer / Rittmeier or other variants of this spelling. This website is a purely genealogical approach in order to evaluate and document family relationships and regional origins by using DNA-data. All persons who are or are born with one of the name variants are welcome to join this project and to provide their DNA data. The administrator of this project, Lutz Rittmeier, is living in Eckernförde, Germany, and is therefore particularly suited to research the origin of the Rittmeiers / Rittmeyers in German archives.