The Hanser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 519 people carried this name — #41,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 4% from 541 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 375 people named Hanser.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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
119 people named Hanser live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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 the Nordic population registers
76 people named Hanser is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Hanser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Hanser 1738–1796 · composer -
Adolf Hanser 1858–1901 · architect
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Robert Hanser 1884–1957 · physician
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Carl Hanser 1901–1985 · publisher
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Eberhard Hanser 1936– · university teacher
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Anders Hanser 1945– · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hanser.
- Hanon 312 · U.S. census
- Hanry 124 · U.S. census
- Hans 4,427 · U.S. census
- Hansberger 355 · U.S. census
- Hanse 348 · U.S. census
- Hansen 137,977 · U.S. census
- Hanson 111,144 · U.S. census
- Hanss 132 · U.S. census
- Hantz 663 · U.S. census
- Hanus 1,406 · U.S. census
- Hany 167 · U.S. census
- Hanze 120 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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