The Burtscher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 159 people carried this name — #110,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 149 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
283 people named Burtscher live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 71 people named Burtscher.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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 Burtscher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benedikt Burtscher 1662–1730 · architect
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Joseph Burtscher 1852–1908 · pastor
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Otto Burtscher 1910–1991
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Christian Burtscher 1950– · politician
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Martin Burtscher 1951– · mountain guide
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Burtscher.
- Burri 472 · U.S. census
- Burrus 4,094 · U.S. census
- Burson 5,082 · U.S. census
- Burst 377 · U.S. census
- Burtin 326 · U.S. census
- Burton 110,529 · U.S. census
- Bury 2,796 · U.S. census
- Burzynski 1,475 · U.S. census
- Bus 287 · U.S. census
- Busa 910 · U.S. census
- Buscaglia 524 · U.S. census
- Buscemi 1,907 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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