The Bisch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 513 people carried this name — #42,308 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 517 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 555 people named Bisch.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Bisch live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 Bisch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Bisch 1733–1824 · writer -
Paul Bisch 1866–1964 · physician
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Louis Edward Bisch 1885–
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Art Bisch 1926–1958 · engineer
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Yves Bisch 1945– · writer
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Pierre-Étienne Bisch 1951– · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bisch.
- Biron 1,793 · U.S. census
- Biros 529 · U.S. census
- Birr 981 · U.S. census
- Birrer 277 · U.S. census
- Bis 358 · U.S. census
- Bisbal 157 · U.S. census
- Bischoff 6,897 · U.S. census
- Bise 1,526 · U.S. census
- Bisel 673 · U.S. census
- Bisenius 204 · U.S. census
- Bishop 116,618 · U.S. census
- Bisi 190 · U.S. census
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