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The Heiser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,606 people carried this name — #5,277 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,249 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 166 people named Heiser.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Moselle 96
Bas-Rhin 22
Paris 7
Haut-Rhin 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Pas-de-Calais 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Charente-Maritime 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Heiser live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 10
Bern 6
Lucerne 4
Aargau 3
St. Gallen 3

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 print

Heiser in American newspapers,
1917–1928.

Newspaper page from Shenandoah Herald carrying the name Heiser
Shenandoah Herald 1920-12-17
Newspaper page from The Coconino Sun carrying the name Heiser
The Coconino Sun 1917-05-18
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Heiser
The Washington Daily News 1928-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,777 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Heiser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Victor Heiser
    Victor Heiser 1873–1972 · physician
  • Wilhelm Heiser 1816–1897 · composer
  • Wilhelm Heiser 1816–1897 · composer
  • Charles Lee Anthony Heiser 1866–1935
  • Isaak Heiser 1868–1943
  • Johann Heiser 1870–1933 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Heiser.

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