The Emmenegger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 147 people carried this name — #118,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 137 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,971 people named Emmenegger live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 52 people named Emmenegger.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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.
Who carried it
People named Emmenegger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Emmenegger 1604–1653 · peasant -
Hans Emmenegger 1866–1940 · painter
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Pius Emmenegger 1887–1974 · theologian
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Emil Emmenegger 1890–1977 · politician
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Marta Emmenegger 1923–2001 · journalist
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René Emmenegger 1930–2018 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Emmenegger.
- Emily 911 · U.S. census
- Emin 155 · U.S. census
- Emma 1,137 · U.S. census
- Emmanuel 2,864 · U.S. census
- Emmanuelli 197 · U.S. census
- Emmel 794 · U.S. census
- Emo 244 · U.S. census
- Emon 120 · U.S. census
- Emond 2,346 · U.S. census
- Encinas 4,369 · U.S. census
- End 229 · U.S. census
- Enderle 1,986 · U.S. census
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