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

The Risse surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 828 people carried this name — #27,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 663 people named Risse.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 252
Meurthe-et-Moselle 71
Paris 68
Meuse 52
Saône-et-Loire 37
Vosges 24
Bas-Rhin 13
Yvelines 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

444 people named Risse live in Switzerland.

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

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Where they live today

Fribourg 263
Vaud 83
Bern 18
Neuchâtel 17
Valais 15
Zurich 13
St. Gallen 8
Aargau 8

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Risse is.
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