The Maeder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 976 people carried this name — #25,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 954 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,059 people named Maeder live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 237 people named Maeder.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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.
Who carried it
People named Maeder,
with a public archive behind them.
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J. Gaspard Maeder 1809–1876 · composer -
Alphonse Maeder 1882–1971 · psychiatrist -
Albert Maeder 1827–1865 · teacher
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Gaspard Maeder 1839–1892 · painter
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F. G. Maeder 1840–1891 · actor
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Jeanne Maeder 1879–1950
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maeder.
- Madray 382 · U.S. census
- Madre 118 · U.S. census
- Madrid 25,854 · U.S. census
- Madru 145 · U.S. census
- Madry 987 · U.S. census
- Mady 426 · U.S. census
- Maerten 110 · U.S. census
- Maertens 522 · U.S. census
- Maes 6,033 · U.S. census
- Maestre 746 · U.S. census
- Maestri 657 · U.S. census
- Maestro 200 · U.S. census
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