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

The Risi surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 612 people carried this name — #34,904 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

528 people named Risi live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Nidwalden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Nidwalden 113
Zurich 66
Ticino 66
Lucerne 53
Schwyz 48
Zug 46
Aargau 30
Bern 29

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 124 people named Risi.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Bouches-du-Rhône 39
Paris 27
Rhône 7
Loire 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Yvelines 3
Isère 1
Gard 1

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Risi is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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