Last Name RISK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Scottish

Rank 16,810 (2000 US census) 16,754 (1990 US census)
Count 1,563 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.01%, or 1485 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0.45%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.54%, or 24 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.62%, or 41 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


American Surnames

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Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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