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

The Geisser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 226 people carried this name — #83,226 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 11% from 253 in 2000.

See Geisser on the map Look up another surname

Share

In Switzerland’s population statistics

840 people named Geisser live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 338
Zurich 111
Thurgau 79
Schwyz 52
Uri 45
Lucerne 39
Aargau 23
Bern 21

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 66 people named Geisser 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.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 47
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 56 people named Geisser.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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 6
Haut-Rhin 28
Seine-Maritime 7
Yonne 5
Isère 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Paris 2
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Orne 1

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

Who carried it

People named Geisser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcel Geisser
    Marcel Geisser 1952– · writer
  • Ulrich Geisser 1824–1894 · banker
  • Alberto Geisser 1859–1929 · lawyer
  • Kasimir Geisser 1899–1943 · composer
  • Robert Geisser 1920–1995 · printmaker
  • Seymour Geisser 1929–2004 · mathematician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Geisser.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Geisser 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.

See what a volume holds
Scroll to Top