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The Schirmer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,428 people carried this name — #9,488 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,186 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

435 people named Schirmer 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 108
St. Gallen 76
Schwyz 56
Aargau 40
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 27
Glarus 25
Basel-Landschaft 19
Bern 16

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 301 people named Schirmer.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Haut-Rhin 175
Bas-Rhin 15
Paris 10
Nord 10
Rhône 10
Moselle 9
Doubs 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6

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 69 people named Schirmer 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 45
Santa Fe 13
Córdoba 11

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

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Schirmer is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Schirmer in American newspapers,
1891–1910.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Schirmer
The Daily Missoulian 1909-10-25
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Schirmer
The New York Herald 1891-02-21
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Schirmer
Der Nordstern 1910-12-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,642 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schirmer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • August Schirmer d. 1897 · jurist
  • Johan Schirmer d. 1723 · painter
  • Albert Schirmer d. 1841 · music director
  • Melchior Schirmer 1600–1643 · mintmaster
  • Christian Schirmer 1605–1660 · Warden
  • Michael Schirmer 1606–1673 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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