The Oesch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 543 people carried this name — #40,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 153% from 215 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,427 people named Oesch 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 83 people named Oesch.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
92 people named Oesch is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Oesch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Lennart Oesch 1892–1978 · politician -
Karl Lennart Oesch 1892–1978 · politician
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Karl Lennart Oesch 1892–1978 · politician
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Johann Ignaz Oesch 1835–1920
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Carl Oesch 1875–1954
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Werner Christian Oesch 1886–1967 · farmer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oesch.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Oesch is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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