The Esser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,297 people carried this name — #7,724 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,164 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 123 people named Esser live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 107 people named Esser.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Esser live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 49 people named Esser live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
45 people named Esser is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Esser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Esser 1818–1872 · composer -
Dietrich Esser d. 1993 · friar
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Reiner Josef Esser 1747–1834 · jurist
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Louis Esser 1772–1826 · military officer
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Wijnand Esser 1779–1860 · painter
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Pieter Hendrik Esser 1783–1825
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Esser.
- Esprit 248 · U.S. census
- Espy 1,851 · U.S. census
- Esquer 1,855 · U.S. census
- Esquerre 100 · U.S. census
- Esse 436 · U.S. census
- Essel 238 · U.S. census
- Essig 2,175 · U.S. census
- Esslinger 1,486 · U.S. census
- Essner 517 · U.S. census
- Esson 503 · U.S. census
- Estay 360 · U.S. census
- Esteban 5,240 · U.S. census
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