The risk Surname
risk Name Meaning and History
Scottish: perhaps, as Black suggests, from Gaelic riasg
‘morass with sedge’, applied generally as a topographic name or
specifically to someone who lived by the Risk of Drymen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
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 Coline46
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| JAMES RISK BORN ABOUT 1831 SCOTLAND |
brit39
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| hi people |
stephanierisk1
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| of Essex uk |
luciawinn
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| Risk family in Scott Co., KY |
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| William Risk |
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| William Albert Risk | Sharel McCann Etheridge | 19 |
| Percibal Risk |
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| Allan RISK | Julie Morsillo | 6 |
| Obit for Mary Risk Clatterbaugh |
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