The Gresser surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 533 people carried this name — #38,942 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 217 people named Gresser.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 5

Bas-Rhin 69

Haut-Rhin 46

Paris 29

Vosges 10

Eure 9

Moselle 6

Hauts-de-Seine 5

Yvelines 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Gresser live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 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

Zurich 22

St. Gallen 13

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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