Reiss Family History
Reiss Name Meaning
German: variant of Reis 1.German: from any of several Germanic personal names composed with ric ‘power(ful)’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Reis.German: from a French Huguenot name Ris, rendered as Reis, Reiss.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Reiss Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Reiss families
 193 - 384  65 - 192 |
 1 - 64  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Reiss families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Reiss families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Reiss census records
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Reiss Family Origin
Reiss Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Reiss
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Reiss Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Reiss census records
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Reiss Civil War Service Records
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