The Anselm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 475 people carried this name — #45,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 453 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 141 people named Anselm.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Anselm live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Anselm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Anselm 1910– · badminton player
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Fred Anselm 1922–2005 · artist
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Karin Anselm 1940– · actor
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Dieter Anselm 1943–
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Norbert Wolfgang Anselm 1964– · physicist
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Reiner Anselm 1965– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Anselm.
- Anno 374 · U.S. census
- Annon 291 · U.S. census
- Annoni 129 · U.S. census
- Annunziata 1,543 · U.S. census
- Ansaldi 216 · U.S. census
- Ansel 1,037 · U.S. census
- Anselme 172 · U.S. census
- Anselmi 746 · U.S. census
- Anselmo 3,289 · U.S. census
- Anson 4,079 · U.S. census
- Anstett 926 · U.S. census
- Antal 1,243 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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