The Abegg surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 311 people carried this name — #64,054 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 291 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
707 people named Abegg live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Abegg.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 45 people named Abegg live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Abegg,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Friedrich Abegg 1765–1840 · university teacher -
Max Abegg d. 2002 · opinion journalist
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Hans Abegg 1480–
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Johann Franz Abegg 1644–1702 · Landvogt
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Johann Jacob Abegg 1685–1744 · pastor
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Johann Friedrich Abegg 1718–1789 · parson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abegg.
- Abdi 7,484 · U.S. census
- Abdon 634 · U.S. census
- Abdou 859 · U.S. census
- Abdul 1,978 · U.S. census
- Abecassis 167 · U.S. census
- Abed 1,580 · U.S. census
- Abel 18,464 · U.S. census
- Abela 534 · U.S. census
- Abelard 206 · U.S. census
- Abele 1,326 · U.S. census
- Abella 2,177 · U.S. census
- Abellard 309 · U.S. census
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