Reichenbach surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Reichenbach surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,463 people carried this name — #12,566 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,375 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,204 people named Reichenbach live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 558
Vaud 153
Zurich 112
Valais 83
Geneva 41
Aargau 37
Fribourg 35
Neuchâtel 25

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 68 people named Reichenbach.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Doubs.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Doubs 15
Paris 9
Bas-Rhin 6
Haute-Saône 6
Haut-Rhin 3
Vosges 2
Marne 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Reichenbach in American newspapers,
1915–1918.

Newspaper page from Tägliche Omaha Tribüne carrying the name Reichenbach
Tägliche Omaha Tribüne 1915-02-24
Newspaper page from Hermanner Volksblatt carrying the name Reichenbach
Hermanner Volksblatt 1918-12-13
Newspaper page from Der Tägliche Demokrat carrying the name Reichenbach
Der Tägliche Demokrat 1918-08-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,335 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Reichenbach,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bruno Reichenbach d. 1918 · merchant
  • Johann Christoph Reichenbach d. 1820
  • Gozmar, Graf von Reichenbach 1060–1118
  • Rudolf I, Graf von Reichenbach 1070–
  • Sigismund Reichenbach 1450–
  • Georg von Reichenbach 1452–1540 · religious

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Reichenbach.

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