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The Geissler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,449 people carried this name — #12,637 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,188 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

289 people named Geissler live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 65
Bern 38
Aargau 28
St. Gallen 27
Graubünden 17
Vaud 17
Thurgau 14
Valais 11

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 226 people named Geissler.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Bas-Rhin 62
Haut-Rhin 56
Moselle 45
Meurthe-et-Moselle 16
Paris 7
Haute-Saône 4
Pas-de-Calais 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

48 people named Geissler is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 48

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).

In print

Geissler in American newspapers,
1900–1920.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Geissler
The Washington Times 1920-07-15
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Geissler
New-york Tribune 1920-07-15
Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Geissler
Washington Journal 1900-08-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,842 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Geissler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christian Gottlieb Geissler
    Christian Gottlieb Geissler 1729–1814 · artist
  • Robert Geissler
    Robert Geissler 1819–1893 · writer
  • Robert Geissler
    Robert Geissler 1819–1893 · writer
  • Otto Geissler d. 1875 · botanist
  • Heinrich Geissler d. 1569 · printer
  • Alois Geissler 1777–1838 · painter

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

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