The Risner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,816 people carried this name — #5,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,599 in 2000.

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In print

Risner in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Risner
The Indian Leader 1921-11-11
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Risner
Evening Star 1920-05-11
Newspaper page from The Big Sandy News carrying the name Risner
The Big Sandy News 1910-12-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,997 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Risner in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.

95 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Risner. The most, 48, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 28
New South Wales 26
Victoria 22
South Australia 12
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Risner.

Who carried it

People named Risner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Robinson Risner
    James Robinson Risner 1925–2013 · military officer
  • Friedrich Risner 1533–1580 · professor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Risner,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States194 records

194 records of the Risner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wayne Eric Risner

    Born 1950; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Philadelphia National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James C. Risner

    Born 1899 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Oscar Risner

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Cimbria from Hamburg and Havre, aged 27; confectioner. From Bavaria, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 194 records for Risner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Risner name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Risner

    From Breslau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 26 October 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 129).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Risner in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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