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The surname Ristau

A surname, carried by 1,500 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R230

Ristau: #18,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ristau #18,448, 1,500 people Ristau: #18,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ristau #18,448, 1,500 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ristau is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,500 people named Ristau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,458.

#18,448
rank among US surnames
1,500
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.9%
change since 2000 (was #17,719)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,440Montz1,501205,693
#18,448Ristau1,500205,830
#18,457Weakland1,499205,968

Who is named Ristau

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

95% of people named Ristau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • 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 Ristau

Ristau 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 Ristau?
1,500 people in the United States had the surname Ristau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ristau?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ristau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ristau getting more or less common?
More common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, up 2.9%.