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    The surname Reusser

    A German occupational surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Reusser: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Reusser #39,419, 558 people Reusser: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Reusser #39,419, 558 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reusser is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Occupational Alemannic German and south German surname, from several words such as * Reuse (“fish trap”) * Obsolete Middle High German riusen (“to complain, moan”) * Obsolete reussen (“to castrate”)

    Reusser is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 558 people named Reusser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 528.

    #39,419
    rank among US surnames
    558
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #39,240)

    Who is named Reusser

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

    90% of people named Reusser identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reusser

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Reusser come from?
    Occupational Alemannic German and south German surname, from several words such as * Reuse (“fish trap”) * Obsolete Middle High German riusen (“to complain, moan”) * Obsolete reussen (“to castrate”)
    How common is the surname Reusser?
    558 people in the United States had the surname Reusser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reusser?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Reusser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Reusser?
    Reusser is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Reusser getting more or less common?
    More common. 528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 5.7%.