The Amsler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,105 people carried this name — #23,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,045 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,384 people named Amsler live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 141 people named Amsler 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 Santa Fe.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Amsler.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Paris.
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.
Who carried it
People named Amsler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Samuel Amsler 1791–1849 · engraver -
Jakob Amsler-Laffon 1823–1912 · politician -
Richard Emil Amsler 1859–1934 · painter -
Hermann Amsler 1835–1881 · art dealer
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Johann Jakob Amsler 1848–1909 · politician
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Johann Rudolf Amsler 1853–1917 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amsler.
- Amour 270 · U.S. census
- Ampe 165 · U.S. census
- Amram 236 · U.S. census
- Amrani 216 · U.S. census
- Amrein 556 · U.S. census
- Amrhein 1,560 · U.S. census
- Amstutz 2,412 · U.S. census
- Amy 2,045 · U.S. census
- Amyot 289 · U.S. census
- Anani 251 · U.S. census
- Anastasi 1,400 · U.S. census
- Anastasio 1,721 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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