The Riesterer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 568 people carried this name — #36,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Riesterer.
6 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Riesterer live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riesterer.
- Riem 122 · U.S. census
- Riemer 2,957 · U.S. census
- Riera 1,092 · U.S. census
- Ries 6,960 · U.S. census
- Riess 1,764 · U.S. census
- Riester 733 · U.S. census
- Rieth 1,236 · U.S. census
- Riether 114 · U.S. census
- Rietz 631 · U.S. census
- Riff 418 · U.S. census
- Riffe 3,139 · U.S. census
- Riffel 1,550 · U.S. census
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