The Jecker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 197 people carried this name — #93,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 7% from 212 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 162 people named Jecker.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
129 people named Jecker live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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.
Who carried it
People named Jecker,
with a public archive behind them.
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François-Antoine Jecker 1765–1834 · inventor -
Jean-Baptiste Jecker 1812–1871 · banker -
Jean-Baptiste Jecker 1812–1871 · banker
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Laurenz Jecker 1769–1834 · entrepreneur
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Louis Jecker 1801–1851 · physician
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Amanz Jeker 1817–1875 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jecker.
- Jeannin 133 · U.S. census
- Jeannot 511 · U.S. census
- Jeanpierre 3,990 · U.S. census
- Jeanson 209 · U.S. census
- Jeanty 1,870 · U.S. census
- Jeckel 146 · U.S. census
- Jedele 203 · U.S. census
- Jedrzejewski 204 · U.S. census
- Jedynak 241 · U.S. census
- Jehan 252 · U.S. census
- Jehl 232 · U.S. census
- Jehle 564 · U.S. census
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