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The reiser Surname

reiser Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name for someone from Reis or Reissen in Bavaria (see Reis 1).
  2. occupational name from Middle High German reisære ‘warrior’, ‘traveler’.
  3. South German: topographic name for someone who lived near a thicket (see Rieser 1 and Riser 1).
  4. variant spelling of Reisser, an occupational name for a woodcutter, Middle High German risser.

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Distribution of reiser Families in the US in 1920
Number of reiser families
 56-110
 19-55
 1-18
 0
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