Find out how popular the last name Riedner is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Riedner.

Riedner, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Riedner surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Riedner in America

Riedner is the 123796th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Riedner surname appeared 139 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Riedner.

We can also compare 2010 data for Riedner to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Riedner

The surname RIEDNER originated in Germany during the late medieval period. It is derived from the German word "Ried," meaning a reed or a marsh, suggesting that the earliest bearers of this name likely lived near a marshy area or a place where reeds grew abundantly.

RIEDNER is a locational surname, indicating that it was originally used to identify someone from a particular place. The name may have been adopted by families who lived in or near towns or villages with names containing the word "Ried," such as Riedlingen or Riedenburg.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the RIEDNER surname can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of medieval documents from Saxony, which mentions a certain "Heinricus Riedner" in the year 1329.

In the 16th century, a notable bearer of the RIEDNER surname was Johann Riedner (1520-1585), a German composer and organist who served at the court of the Elector of Saxony.

Another prominent figure with this surname was Georg Riedner (1674-1738), a German jurist and legal scholar who published several works on civil law and judicial procedures.

During the 18th century, Johann Friedrich Riedner (1724-1793) was a German theologian and author who wrote extensively on religious topics and served as a pastor in Würzburg.

In the 19th century, Karl Riedner (1820-1885) was a German politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Reichstag, representing the National Liberal Party.

The RIEDNER surname has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Riednerau, a small town in Bavaria, and Riednerbach, a stream in Baden-Württemberg.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Riedner

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Riedner.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Riedner was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Riedner has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Riedner was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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