The Scheidegger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 734 people carried this name — #31,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 714 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,708 people named Scheidegger live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 240 people named Scheidegger 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 Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Scheidegger.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scheidegger.
- Scheffler 4,052 · U.S. census
- Schehr 428 · U.S. census
- Scheibel 628 · U.S. census
- Scheiber 968 · U.S. census
- Scheid 3,393 · U.S. census
- Scheidecker 376 · U.S. census
- Scheider 838 · U.S. census
- Scheidler 997 · U.S. census
- Scheidt 2,528 · U.S. census
- Scheil 153 · U.S. census
- Schell 13,016 · U.S. census
- Schellenberg 1,021 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Scheidegger is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.