The Reiser surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,387 people carried this name — #7,041 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
597 people named Reiser live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 308 people named Reiser.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Reiser live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Reiser have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 42 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reiser.
- Reiniche 141 · U.S. census
- Reinier 437 · U.S. census
- Reininger 1,035 · U.S. census
- Reinold 204 · U.S. census
- Reis 11,331 · U.S. census
- Reisch 959 · U.S. census
- Reiss 7,072 · U.S. census
- Reisser 200 · U.S. census
- Reist 774 · U.S. census
- Reisz 512 · U.S. census
- Reiter 10,487 · U.S. census
- Reith 1,810 · U.S. census
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