Explore the Family Name Rissman

The meaning of Rissman

1. Americanized form of North German Rissmann: topographic name from Middle Low German risch ‘reed’, or a habitational name for someone from a place called Risse (from riss ‘swamp’), near Hamburg. 2. Americanized form of South German Rissmann: variant of Riss 2. Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz, Jurgen, Klaus, Otto.

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How common is the last name Rissman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Rissman saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 37,094th and dropped to 43,077th in 2010, a decline of 16.13 percent. The count of people with the Rissman name also fell from 566 in 2000 to 502 in 2010, marking an 11.31 percent reduction. Consequently, the proportion per 100k population decreased by 19.05 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,094	#43,077	-16.13%
Count	566	502	-11.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.17	-19.05%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rissman

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Rissman surname identify as White. This ethnic identity remained stable between 2000 and 2010, with a slight decrease of 0.03 percentage points. Notably, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, which wasn't present in 2000. The percentage of Rissmans who identify as Hispanic saw a decrease from 1.77 percent in 2000 to 1.59 percent in 2010. The categories for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native recorded no individuals, or the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.64%	96.61%	-0.03%
Hispanic	1.77%	1.59%	-10.17%
Two or More Races	0%	1.39%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%