as a Last Name
- 5,254
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Risner
Meaning & Origins
Variant of the German habitational name Reisner, or of German Riesner, an occupational name for a maker of veils and hoods, from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German rīse ‘veil’.
| 5,699th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,254
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Risner per capita
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