The Lischer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 166 people carried this name — #107,134 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 9% from 182 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
461 people named Lischer live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 65 people named Lischer.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lischer.
When the index is not enough
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