what nationality would the last name riesenberg be?

Answer 1

It is a German name, but that doesn't neccesarily mean it belonged to an ethnic german family. You'd have to do actually research to determine the ethnic origins of the family carrying it.

Answer 2

german,of course!!there was an excellent writer on subjects relating to diving and tresure diving in paticular named riesenberg!!"berg" is usually denoting a city or township!!riesenberger would denoted all of the citizens of that town of village!!many villages were fortified strongholds from the period of "bad wars" when roving ,unpaid mercenaries bands would wonder the wastelands that they had made in wars and fall to briganage,theft and debauchery,raping and pillaging at will!!they were armed with arquebuses,matchlocks,pikes,landsnecht two-handed broad swords,short swords,maces,morning stars,flails,spears,halbeards,glaives,billhooks,scissored knives,"gunnes" of every size and description as liable to kill the "shooter" as the intended "victim/target"!!many of these castled fortifications were chartered under royal decree as frre states not subject to taxes for having saved a region from invasion or incursion by such bands or those of other nations;so more than justifiable pride could be taken for being a denizen of this or that township!!and if you had no other distintion by occupation or appearance to be counted on as a name at the least you had come from a successful and powerful city state in one of germany's many noted duchies!!go to the maps and find that particular city for clues!!my guess there'll be many with the same name widely dispersed !!good luck!!

Answer 3

That would certainly be Germanic. from the Riesen area.

Answer 4

Riesenberg means "giant mountain" in german, but those composed surnames often are from jewish people.

Answer 5

I'd say German.