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

The Risch surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,158 people carried this name — #13,028 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 455 people named Risch.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Bas-Rhin 242
Moselle 52
Paris 41
Haut-Rhin 37
Yvelines 9
Seine-Maritime 7
Saône-et-Loire 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

293 people named Risch live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 90
Zurich 64
St. Gallen 48
Schaffhausen 15
Bern 15
Vaud 13
Aargau 8
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 7

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.

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This page says where Risch is.
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