Hochstrasser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Hochstrasser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 359 people carried this name — #56,836 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 339 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,551 people named Hochstrasser live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 496
Zurich 331
Lucerne 124
Bern 118
Ticino 58
Basel-Landschaft 57
Solothurn 52
Thurgau 50

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 169 people named Hochstrasser.

6 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 6
Bas-Rhin 72
Moselle 33
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Haut-Rhin 9
Meuse 8
Vosges 7
Nord 7
Paris 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 45 people named Hochstrasser live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chaco.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Chaco 23
Buenos Aires Province 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Hochstrasser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ferenc Hartai
    Ferenc Hartai 1895–1970 · university teacher
  • Candid Hochstrasser 1846–1908 · politician
  • Charles Henri Hochstrasser 1906–1973
  • Urs Hochstrasser 1926–2025 · teacher
  • Urs Hochstrasser 1926–2025 · teacher
  • Robin M. Hochstrasser 1931–2013 · chemist

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

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