How common is the surname Rist?

1,874 people in the United States had the surname Rist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. It ranked 15,600th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rist?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Rist most common?

Wikidata records people named Rist in the United States.

Is the surname Rist getting more or less common?

More common. 1,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,874 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Rist

A surname, carried by 1,874 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rist is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,874 people named Rist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,832.

#15,600

rank among US surnames

1,874

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,841)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,595	Puffer	1,875	164,664
#15,600	Canez	1,874	164,752
#15,606	Pines	1,873	164,840

Who is named Rist

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

93% of people named Rist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rists

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robbie Rist
American actor, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rist

Rist has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.

Questions

How common is the surname Rist?: 1,874 people in the United States had the surname Rist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. It ranked 15,600th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rist?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rist?: Robbie Rist, American actor.
Where is the surname Rist most common?: Wikidata records people named Rist in the United States.
Is the surname Rist getting more or less common?: More common. 1,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,874 in 2010, up 2.3%.