The Hostettler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 670 people carried this name — #33,941 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 665 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,212 people named Hostettler live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 72 people named Hostettler.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Doubs.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Hostettler 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Hostettler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emil Hostettler 1887–1971 · architect
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Rudolf Hostettler 1919–1981 · typographer
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John Hostettler 1925–2018 · writer
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Michel Hostettler 1940– · composer
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Thomas Hostettler 1946– · actor
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Nicole Hostettler 1947– · pianist
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hostettler.
- Horvat 1,674 · U.S. census
- Horvath 15,302 · U.S. census
- Hoss 3,033 · U.S. census
- Host 1,519 · U.S. census
- Hoste 199 · U.S. census
- Hosten 318 · U.S. census
- Hot 397 · U.S. census
- Hotte 303 · U.S. census
- Hottois 109 · U.S. census
- Hotton 177 · U.S. census
- Hotz 1,773 · U.S. census
- Hou 4,500 · U.S. census
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