The Essig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,175 people carried this name — #13,884 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,032 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
181 people named Essig live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 65 people named Essig.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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.
In print
Essig in American newspapers,
1906–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,474 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Essig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Essig 1808–1887 · librarian -
Hermann Essig 1878–1918 · writer -
Andreas Adam Essig 1720– · physician
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George Emerick Essig 1838–1923 · engraver
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Karl Essig 1871–1947 · counsel
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Gustav Essig 1880–1962 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Essig.
- 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
- Esser 4,297 · 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
- Estel 488 · U.S. census
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