The Fichter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,113 people carried this name — #14,208 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,917 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 422 people named Fichter.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
54 people named Fichter live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 print
Fichter in American newspapers,
1887–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,986 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fichter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Fichter 1869–1952 · chemist -
Johann Jakob Fichter 1796–1879 · entrepreneur
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Hermann Fichter 1845–1912 · military personnel
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Arabella Fichter 1861– · pianist
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Maria Louise Fichter-Bernoulli 1877–1959
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Julius Fichter 1891–1918 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fichter.
When the index is not enough
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