as a Last Name
- 2,466
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Risch
Meaning & Origins
Swiss German and German: 1. nickname from Middle High German risch ‘fast’, ‘nimble’, ‘cheeky’. 2. topographic name from a regional word meaning ‘slope’, ‘incline’. 3. from Middle Low German rische ‘reed’, a topographic name for someone who lived where reeds grew.
| 12,522nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,466
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- America Samoa
- has the most people named Risch per capita
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