The Ehrsam surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 473 people carried this name — #45,253 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 476 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
573 people named Ehrsam live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 126 people named Ehrsam.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-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 print
Ehrsam in American newspapers,
1895–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,529 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ehrsam,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Ehrsam 1894– · politician
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Henrietta Ehrsam 1908–1996 · art dealer
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Theodore G. Ehrsam 1909–
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Ludwig Ehrsam 1910–1947
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Thomas Ehrsam 1954– · librarian
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ehrsam.
- Ehrhard 434 · U.S. census
- Ehrhardt 2,874 · U.S. census
- Ehrhart 1,987 · U.S. census
- Ehrler 529 · U.S. census
- Ehrlich 6,031 · U.S. census
- Ehrmann 678 · U.S. census
- Eibel 222 · U.S. census
- Eich 2,033 · U.S. census
- Eichenberger 1,024 · U.S. census
- Eichenlaub 1,164 · U.S. census
- Eicher 5,997 · U.S. census
- Eichert 370 · U.S. census
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