Risher Family History
Risher Name Meaning
English: variant of Rusher.Americanized spelling of
German Rischer, a nickname for a hasty or impetuous person,
from an agent derivative of Middle High German rischen ‘to
rush’.Americanized spelling of Swiss German Rüscher, a
topographic name for someone who lived on a mountainside, from
southern dialect risch ‘slope’, ‘mountainside’ + -er,
suffix denoting an inhabitant.Americanized spelling of North
German Rischer, a topographic name from Middle Low German
risch ‘reed’, a topographic name for someone who lived where
reeds grew.Anglicized form of Eastern German Rischar, a
nickname from Sorbian rýsar ‘knight’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Risher Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Risher families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Risher Family Origin
Risher Emigration Information (US)
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Risher Family Occupations
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