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The Balmer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,204 people carried this name — #10,059 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,910 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Balmer surname

From balm + -er; the name was given to someone who treated people with medicine or ointments.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Balmer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,797 people named Balmer live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 1,013
Zurich 313
Aargau 228
Lucerne 198
Vaud 135
Solothurn 96
Fribourg 96
St. Gallen 88

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 Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 8 births for the Balmer name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

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

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 7
Leinster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Balmer.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 14
Bas-Rhin 31
Haut-Rhin 29
Paris 11
Jura 7
Haute-Savoie 7
Nord 6
Martinique 6
Pas-de-Calais 5

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

In print

Balmer in American newspapers,
1912–1917.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Balmer
The Sun 1917-05-27
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Balmer
Rock Island Argus 1915-11-02
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Balmer
The San Francisco Call 1912-04-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 746,003 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Balmer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Jakob Balmer
    Johann Jakob Balmer 1825–1898 · physicist
  • Mary Anne Balmer d. 1902
  • Frances Elizabeth Balmer d. 1938
  • Thomas Balmer 1755–1797
  • Margaret Balmer 1785–1860
  • Robert Balmer 1787–1844 · theologian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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