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The surname Riese

A surname, carried by 1,343 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Riese: #19,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riese #19,966, 1,343 people Riese: #19,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riese #19,966, 1,343 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riese is more common than 87.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,343 people named Riese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,322.

#19,966
rank among US surnames
1,343
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+1.6%
change since 2000 (was #19,048)

Who is named Riese

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

95% of people named Riese identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riese

Riese has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Riese?
1,343 people in the United States had the surname Riese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. It ranked 19,966th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riese?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Riese getting more or less common?
More common. 1,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,343 in 2010, up 1.6%.