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The Essner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 517 people carried this name — #42,030 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 498 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Essner surname

Borrowed from German Essner, a shortened form of Essener, a habitational surname for someone from Essen.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Essner» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Essner.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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

Born outside France 1
Haut-Rhin 53
Territoire de Belfort 14
Alpes-Maritimes 3
Paris 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Essonne 2
Val-d’Oise 2
Pyrénées-Orientales 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

51 people named Essner is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 51

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).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Essner is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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