The Ryser surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 773 people carried this name — #28,947 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,953 people named Ryser live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 86 people named Ryser.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Doubs.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
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