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The Rieder surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,397 people carried this name — #12,842 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,349 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,568 people named Rieder live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 754
Zurich 380
Valais 302
Basel-Landschaft 177
Graubünden 124
Vaud 113
Solothurn 98
Aargau 86

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 158 people named Rieder.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Haut-Rhin 37
Paris 29
Bas-Rhin 11
Haute-Savoie 6
Rhône 6
Ain 5
Loiret 5
Cantal 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 55 people named Rieder live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 28
City of Buenos Aires 16
Córdoba 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Rieder is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Rieder in American newspapers,
1862–1908.

Newspaper page from St. Cloud Democrat carrying the name Rieder
St. Cloud Democrat 1862-04-17
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Rieder
Der Nordstern 1890-11-06
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Rieder
Der Nordstern 1908-09-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,263 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rieder,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ambros Rieder
    Ambros Rieder 1771–1855 · composer
  • Wilhelm August Rieder
    Wilhelm August Rieder 1796–1880 · painter
  • Wolfgang Rieder 1500–1513 · politician
  • Georg, I Rieder 1510–1564 · cartographer
  • Andrew Rieder 1600–1601 · politician
  • Johann Rieder 1633–1715 · courier

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Rieder.

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