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The Ris surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 234 people carried this name — #80,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 228 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

267 people named Ris live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 80
Solothurn 53
Zurich 32
St. Gallen 15
Geneva 14
Ticino 13
Aargau 12
Basel-Landschaft 11

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 89 people named Ris.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Moselle 31
Nord 14
Paris 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Doubs 6
Jura 2
Territoire de Belfort 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

50 people named Ris is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 50

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).

Who carried it

People named Ris,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abraham Ris
    Abraham Ris 1763–1834 · rabbi
  • Klaas Ris
    Klaas Ris 1821–1902
  • Sigmund Ris 1431–1532 · Catholic priest
  • Sabina Ris 1629–1675
  • Cornelis Ris 1717–1790 · Christian minister
  • Raphael Ris 1728–1813 · rabbi

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Ris.

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