For Schmidt Rieger there are 2 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Schmidt Rieger is on position 4525.
The name of Schmidt in all its various spellings (Schmid, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schmitz, etc.) goes back to the job title of the blacksmith. At the beginning of mechanization were large forge usually near rivers, because the hammers were operated by water power. An accumulation of this name in the vicinity of large rivers is therefore detectable. As was also needed in every village, a blacksmith (farrier, blacksmith, etc.), this name is now practically everywhere.
(Sent from: Jörg Schmidt, Mörfelden-Walldorf)
Rieger comes originally from old-fashioned Rhude, which means something like "in heat" or "brünftig". The name occurs for the first time in 1342 by Horsa Mahlfelds "Chronic of Faber" on.
