as a Last Name
- 541
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Riss
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. topographic name from Middle High German rise ‘channel’, ‘crevice’, or a topographic name for someone living by a tributary of the Danube so named. 2. from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rīc ‘power(ful)’, ‘rich’. 3. altered spelling of Riess.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 541
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Riss per capita
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