Fankhauser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fankhauser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,537 people carried this name — #18,116 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,388 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

5,093 people named Fankhauser live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 2,632
Zurich 422
Aargau 346
Lucerne 331
Solothurn 258
Basel-Landschaft 198
Vaud 139
Thurgau 114

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 179 people named Fankhauser 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 138
Corrientes 22
Buenos Aires Province 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Fankhauser.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haute-Saône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Haute-Saône 16
Haut-Rhin 14
Doubs 10
Paris 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Vosges 5
Aveyron 3
Moselle 3

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

Who carried it

People named Fankhauser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jakob Fankhauser 1605–1627
  • Johannes Fankhauser 1666–1746 · military officer
  • Friedrich Ludwig Fankhauser 1766–1825
  • Franz Fankhauser (Kantonsforstmeister) 1822–1900
  • Max Fankhauser 1846–1933 · physician
  • Johann Fankhauser 1847–1893 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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