The Riess surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,764 people carried this name — #15,293 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Riess.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riess.
- Riehm 586 · U.S. census
- Riel 2,160 · U.S. census
- Riem 122 · U.S. census
- Riemer 2,957 · U.S. census
- Riera 1,092 · U.S. census
- Ries 6,960 · U.S. census
- Riester 733 · U.S. census
- Riesterer 568 · U.S. census
- Rieth 1,236 · U.S. census
- Riether 114 · U.S. census
- Rietz 631 · U.S. census
- Riff 418 · U.S. census
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