How common is the surname Reiser?

4,554 people in the United States had the surname Reiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,797 Americans. It ranked 7,325th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reiser?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Reiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reiser?

Paul Reiser, American actor, followed by Hans Reiser.

Where is the surname Reiser most common?

Wikidata records people named Reiser in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Reiser getting more or less common?

More common. 4,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,554 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Reiser

A surname, carried by 4,554 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reiser is more common than 95.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,554 people named Reiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,797 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,387.

#7,325

rank among US surnames

4,554

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,041)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,322	Cyrus	4,557	67,752
#7,323	Hunley	4,556	67,767
#7,324	Hamman	4,555	67,782
#7,325	Hannigan	4,554	67,797

Who is named Reiser

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Reiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reisers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Reiser
American actor, born 1956
Hans Reiser
American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer, born 1963
Othmar Reiser
Austrian ornithologist (1861–1936)
Chick Reiser
American basketball player-coach, 1914–1996

Notable Reisers come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reiser

Reiser has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

Questions

How common is the surname Reiser?: 4,554 people in the United States had the surname Reiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,797 Americans. It ranked 7,325th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reiser?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Reiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reiser?: Paul Reiser, American actor, followed by Hans Reiser.
Where is the surname Reiser most common?: Wikidata records people named Reiser in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Reiser getting more or less common?: More common. 4,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,554 in 2010, up 3.8%.