Last name: RITCHIE
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RITCHIE : This last name is indexed 169,854 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
RITCHIE : 1: Scottish: from a Scottish and northern English pet form of the personal name Rich a short form of Richard. This surname is also common in Ulster.2: Altered form of German Richer 1.
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