Rieger surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rieger surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,739 people carried this name — #5,557 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,900 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

333 people named Rieger live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 95
St. Gallen 42
Bern 36
Basel-Landschaft 30
Lucerne 23
Basel-Stadt 17
Solothurn 14
Aargau 14

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 332 people named Rieger.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Bas-Rhin 133
Haut-Rhin 33
Moselle 30
Paris 22
Yvelines 15
Marne 10
Pas-de-Calais 9
Yonne 7

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

In Poland’s population register

178 people named Rieger have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 305 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.

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Where they live today

Opole 100
Silesian 26
Pomeranian 16
Lesser Poland 12
Greater Poland 12
West Pomeranian 5
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 3
Lower Silesian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Rieger in American newspapers,
1898–1955.

Newspaper page from Kansas City Journal carrying the name Rieger
Kansas City Journal 1898-11-22
Newspaper page from Pokrok ZáPadu carrying the name Rieger
Pokrok ZáPadu 1903-03-11
Newspaper page from Reporter And Farmer carrying the name Rieger
Reporter And Farmer 1910-10-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,126 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rieger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georg Konrad Rieger
    Georg Konrad Rieger 1687–1743 · theologian
  • Magdalena Sibylla Rieger
    Magdalena Sibylla Rieger 1707–1786 · writer
  • Gottfried Rieger
    Gottfried Rieger 1764–1855 · composer
  • Franz Rieger
    Franz Rieger 1812–1885 · organ builder
  • František Ladislav Rieger
    František Ladislav Rieger 1818–1903 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 164 lives in all are documented under this name.

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