Affolter surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Affolter surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 674 people carried this name — #32,227 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,429 people named Affolter live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 928
Solothurn 522
Zurich 234
Aargau 105
Vaud 95
Lucerne 86
Jura 75
Basel-Landschaft 70

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Affolter.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Bas-Rhin 26
Territoire de Belfort 15
Paris 13
Haute-Saône 9
Doubs 8
Ain 4
Côte-d’Or 3
Rhône 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Affolter is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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