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

The Rusterholz surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 106 people carried this name — #143,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

685 people named Rusterholz live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 360
St. Gallen 48
Bern 47
Schwyz 38
Aargau 33
Thurgau 30
Vaud 27
Graubünden 20

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 54 people named Rusterholz.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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

Born outside France 4
Haut-Rhin 24
Paris 8
Territoire de Belfort 4
Ardennes 4
Rhône 3
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Pas-de-Calais 1
Bas-Rhin 1

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 49 people named Rusterholz live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 34
Entre Ríos 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Rusterholz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arnold Rusterholz
    Arnold Rusterholz 1869–1921 · veterinarian
  • Johann Heinrich Rusterholz 1760–1806 · writer
  • Alexander Rusterholz 1906– · physicist
  • Kurt Rusterholz 1927– · amateur wrestler
  • Peter Rusterholz 1934–2025 · Germanist
  • Mathias Rusterholz 1971– · athletics competitor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Rusterholz is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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