What ethnicity is the last name Ritt?

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What ethnicity is the last name Ritt?

Answer 1

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

Ritt Name Meaning and History

topographic name from Old High German ritta ‘reeds’ or a habitational name from a place so named near Kassel.

variant of Ried 2.

from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rid ‘ride’.

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Answer 2

This is from ancestry.com

topographic name from Old High German ritta ‘reeds’ or a habitational name from a place so named near Kassel.

variant of Ried 2.

from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rid ‘ride’