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    The surname Risser

    A surname, carried by 1,829 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Risser: #15,898 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Risser #15,898, 1,829 people Risser: #15,898 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Risser #15,898, 1,829 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Risser is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,829 people named Risser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,735.

    #15,898
    rank among US surnames
    1,829
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,490)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,889Liebman1,830168,713
    #15,898Risser1,829168,806
    #15,903Hohl1,828168,898
    #15,907Mullican1,827168,990

    Who is named Risser

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

    95% of people named Risser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Risser

    Risser 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 Risser?
    1,829 people in the United States had the surname Risser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. It ranked 15,898th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Risser?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Risser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Risser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,829 in 2010, up 5.4%.