How common is the surname Reisner?

1,806 people in the United States had the surname Reisner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. It ranked 16,051st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reisner?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Reisner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reisner?

George Andrew Reisner, American archeologist (1867–1942).

Where is the surname Reisner most common?

Wikidata records people named Reisner in the United States.

Is the surname Reisner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,806 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Reisner

A surname, carried by 1,806 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reisner is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,806 people named Reisner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,717.

#16,051

rank among US surnames

1,806

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,049	Fritsche	1,807	170,861
#16,051	Reisner	1,806	170,955
#16,059	Hartig	1,805	171,050
#16,060	Saylors	1,804	171,145

Who is named Reisner

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

97% of people named Reisner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reisners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Andrew Reisner
American archeologist (1867–1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reisner

Reisner has the Soundex code R256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R256.

Questions

How common is the surname Reisner?: 1,806 people in the United States had the surname Reisner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. It ranked 16,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reisner?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Reisner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reisner?: George Andrew Reisner, American archeologist (1867–1942).
Where is the surname Reisner most common?: Wikidata records people named Reisner in the United States.
Is the surname Reisner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,806 in 2010, up 5.2%.