The Schiess surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 688 people carried this name — #31,738 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,348 people named Schiess live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 296

St. Gallen 269

Appenzell Ausserrhoden 154

Bern 142

Thurgau 129

Aargau 98

Schwyz 34

Lucerne 33

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Schiess.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-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 6

Bas-Rhin 22

Paris 11

Haute-Saône 3

Manche 2

Côte-d’Or 2

Meurthe-et-Moselle 2

Nièvre 1

Haut-Rhin 1

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

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