The Nydegger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 423 people carried this name — #49,636 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 384 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,817 people named Nydegger live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 52 people named Nydegger.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Paris.
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 Nydegger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Nydegger 1848–1909 · writer -
Simon Nydegger 1829–1909 · politician
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Paul Nydegger 1878–1947 · professional photographer
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Walter Nydegger 1912–1986 · photographer
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Max Nydegger 1926– · botanist
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Fritz Nydegger 1937–1993 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nydegger.
- Nusbaum 2,716 · U.S. census
- Nuss 3,765 · U.S. census
- Nussbaum 4,321 · U.S. census
- Nussbaumer 484 · U.S. census
- Nuti 275 · U.S. census
- Nuzzo 2,021 · U.S. census
- Nys 281 · U.S. census
- Obe 130 · U.S. census
- Ober 3,724 · U.S. census
- Oberdorf 587 · U.S. census
- Obergfell 282 · U.S. census
- Oberhauser 344 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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