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    The surname Risher

    A surname, carried by 2,586 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Risher: #12,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Risher #12,059, 2,586 people Risher: #12,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Risher #12,059, 2,586 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Risher is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,586 people named Risher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,391 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,574.

    #12,059
    rank among US surnames
    2,586
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,273)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,055Evens2,587119,345
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437
    #12,068Maradiaga2,584119,484

    Who is named Risher

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

    77% of people named Risher identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Risher

    Risher 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 Risher?
    2,586 people in the United States had the surname Risher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,391 Americans. It ranked 12,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Risher?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Risher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Risher getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,586 in 2010, up 0.5%.