The Escher surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 823 people carried this name — #27,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
693 people named Escher live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Escher.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Escher.
- Escamilla 15,278 · U.S. census
- Escandell 110 · U.S. census
- Escartin 121 · U.S. census
- Esch 2,974 · U.S. census
- Eschbach 879 · U.S. census
- Eschenbrenner 226 · U.S. census
- Eschmann 563 · U.S. census
- Eschrich 295 · U.S. census
- Escobar 42,955 · U.S. census
- Escoffier 101 · U.S. census
- Escola 131 · U.S. census
- Escot 107 · U.S. census
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