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    The surname Riser

    A surname, carried by 2,463 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Riser: #12,566 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riser #12,566, 2,463 people Riser: #12,566 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riser #12,566, 2,463 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riser is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,463 people named Riser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,353 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,515.

    #12,566
    rank among US surnames
    2,463
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,484)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,557Pathak2,466125,201
    #12,560Randles2,465125,252
    #12,565Yandell2,464125,303
    #12,566Naples2,463125,353

    Who is named Riser

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

    74% of people named Riser identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Riser

    Riser 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 Riser?
    2,463 people in the United States had the surname Riser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,353 Americans. It ranked 12,566th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riser?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Riser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Riser getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,463 in 2010, down 2.1%.