The Appenzeller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 614 people carried this name — #36,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 576 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
356 people named Appenzeller live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 117 people named Appenzeller.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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.
Who carried it
People named Appenzeller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Conrad Appenzeller 1775–1850 · writer -
Henry Appenzeller 1858–1902 · translator -
Benedictus Appenzeller 1480–1558 · composer
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Othmar Appenzeller 1610–1687 · politician
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Konstantin Appenzeller 1814–1899 · author
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Kaspar Appenzeller 1820–1901 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Appenzeller.
- Aoun 783 · U.S. census
- Aparicio 13,437 · U.S. census
- Apel 1,919 · U.S. census
- Apffel 107 · U.S. census
- Apicella 998 · U.S. census
- Appel 7,938 · U.S. census
- Appert 199 · U.S. census
- Aprahamian 326 · U.S. census
- April 1,327 · U.S. census
- Aprile 628 · U.S. census
- Apruzzese 214 · U.S. census
- Aquilina 841 · U.S. census
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