Riss Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Riss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Riss family

Profession Census Frequency
Tailor Journeyman 1
White Smith Apprentice 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Riss

Name Census Frequency
Mary Riss 15
John Riss 11
William Riss 11
Elizabeth Riss 9
George Riss 7
Ellen Riss 6
James Riss 6
Jane Riss 6
Thomas Riss 6
Charles Riss 5
Sarah Riss 5
Edward Riss 4
Henry Riss 4
Margaret Riss 4
Maria Riss 4
Ann Riss 3
Annie Riss 3
Charlotte Riss 3
Frederick Riss 3
Harriett Riss 3
Walter Riss 3
Albert Riss 2
Alice Riss 2
Andrew Riss 2
Benjamin Riss 2

Riss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ross 75% 71,403
2 Russ 75% 6,560
3 Ariss 80% 1,508
4 Rossi 60% 903
5 Ress 75% 676
6 Roses 60% 479
7 Rosse 60% 457
8 Reice 40% 330
9 Rass 75% 285
10 Reiss 80% 237
11 Riss 100% 217
12 Rossie 50% 152
13 Reuss 60% 118

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The surname Riss is the 11th most popular variant of Ross.

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