Rissmann

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Dentale Konsonantenvariation ss/ß; Belege 261+628 (Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

Pronunciation:Explore pronunciation →

Rissmann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

  • NONorway1 in 249K(measured from records)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 920Kfew records
  • PLPoland1 in 957K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rissmann itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 named Rißmann, est.

Record sources
81 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 249K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rißmann in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Dentale Konsonantenvariation ss/ß; Belege 261+628.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Where the surname Rissmann is found

(measured from records)

Rissmann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rissmann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 63K—Rißmann81
US United States≈130 est.≈1 in 2.6M103Rissmann69
PL Poland401 in 957K22Rissmann2
CH Switzerland≈35 est.≈1 in 258K—Rissmann10
AU Australia≈30 est.≈1 in 919K—Rissmann26
NO Norway221 in 249K22—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Rissmann, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rissmann mean, and where does it come from?
Dentale Konsonantenvariation ss/ß; Belege 261+628. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Rissmann?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Rißmann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold. After it come United States, Poland, Switzerland and Australia; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Rissmann most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rissmann is densest in Norway — about 1 in 249 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Rissmann?
In Poland, the national register counted 40 people named Rissmann in 2026, about 1 in 957 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rissmann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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