Riess is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Riess
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Riess

How popular is Riess?

Riess is common in United States.

Riess is ranked 51562 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Riess bearers increased by 8.163265 per cent in 2010 US census to 1908 since 2000, the surname slipped by 77 spots and ranked at 15370. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.6 96.03
Hispanic or Latino 3.14 2.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.89 0.62
Others 0.68 0
Riess is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Austria is ahead in terms of density. Around 9172 people have been found who wears Riess as their family name. Riess is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
607,991 Indonesia5
15,956 Venezuela3
14,126 Colombia3
46,068 Philippines3
67,494 South Africa3
32,086 Mexico3
20,595 China2
95,312 Argentina2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
124,220 Italy2
31,767 Greece2
28,083 Romania2
54,641 Sweden2
38,841 Scotland1
58,885 Poland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
7,314 Bolivia1
91,024 Belgium1
16,073 Latvia1
30,360 Thailand1
2,505 Congo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
48,310 Spain40
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,021 Chile81
56,298 England65
24,903 Czech Republic62
37,137 Australia58
10,614 Denmark54
Countries with hundreds of Riess:
851 Austria969
22,264 France441
13,212 Canada288
44,967 Brazil238
8,764 Switzerland135
8,390 Israel130
Countries with thousands of Riess:
1,835 Germany4,371
15,423 United States2,177
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old immigrant John Riess who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 17, 1851 by Compromise put out from Liverpool.

From Italy

L. Riess worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 24 years old embarked for USA from Bremen & Southampton on Hansa and arrived on October 15, 1862.

Riess Namesakes

  • Adam Riess, University Professor
  • Curt Riess, Journalist
  • Marty Riessen, Tennis player
  • Marty Riessen, Tennis player
  • Jana Riess, Writer
  • Laurine Van Riessen, Speed Skater
  • Marty Riessen, Tennis player
  • Laurine Van Riessen, Speed Skater
  • Marty Riessen, Tennis player
  • Lison Riess, Actor

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