The Angst surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 810 people carried this name — #29,231 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 803 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,113 people named Angst live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 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 246 people named Angst.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Angst,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Angst 1847–1922 · curator -
Richard Angst 1905–1984 · screenwriter -
Ernest C. Angst d. 1930 · botanist
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Kathrin Angst d. 1539 · herder
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Wolfgang Angst 1485–1523 · writer
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Hartmann Angst 1759–1829 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Angst.
- Angileri 187 · U.S. census
- Anglada 518 · U.S. census
- Anglade 525 · U.S. census
- Angles 871 · U.S. census
- Anglo 184 · U.S. census
- Angrand 215 · U.S. census
- Angulo 12,714 · U.S. census
- Aniel 102 · U.S. census
- Anis 534 · U.S. census
- Anna 1,002 · U.S. census
- Anne 623 · U.S. census
- Annen 696 · U.S. census
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