The Liechti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 391 people carried this name — #52,970 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 372 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,562 people named Liechti 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 64 people named Liechti.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.
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 Liechti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Laurentius Liechti d. 1598 · watchmaker
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Lorenz Liechti 1489–1545 · watchmaker
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Erhard Liechti 1530–1591 · watchmaker
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Erhard Liechti 1530–1591 · watchmaker
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Erhard Liechti 1530–1591 · watchmaker
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Andreas Liechti 1562–1621 · watchmaker
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Liechti.
- Liebenguth 101 · U.S. census
- Lieber 2,573 · U.S. census
- Liebermann 332 · U.S. census
- Liebert 1,249 · U.S. census
- Liebgott 157 · U.S. census
- Liebmann 532 · U.S. census
- Liechty 1,435 · U.S. census
- Liegey 191 · U.S. census
- Lienard 106 · U.S. census
- Lienhard 575 · U.S. census
- Lienhardt 147 · U.S. census
- Lienhart 354 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Liechti is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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