The Heidelberger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 457 people carried this name — #46,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 445 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
168 people named Heidelberger live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Heidelberger.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Heidelberger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Heidelberger 1888–1991 · chemist -
Lina Heidelberger 1861–1942
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Frieda Heidelberger 1871–1942
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Franz Heidelberger 1889–1971 · historian
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Charles Heidelberger 1920–1983 · chemist
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Max Heidelberger 1923– · sport cyclist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heidelberger.
When the index is not enough
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