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

The Schlachter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,333 people carried this name — #20,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is up 18% from 1,132 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

166 people named Schlachter live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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Where they live today

Aargau 41
Basel-Landschaft 38
Bern 26
Zurich 18
Vaud 15
St. Gallen 10
Basel-Stadt 9
Thurgau 6

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 157 people named Schlachter.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Haut-Rhin 53
Moselle 31
Paris 27
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Bas-Rhin 7
Seine-et-Marne 4
Vosges 3
Yvelines 3

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

Who carried it

People named Schlachter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilhelm Schlachter
    Wilhelm Schlachter 1832–1908 · lithographer
  • Franz Eugen Schlachter
    Franz Eugen Schlachter 1859–1911 · writer
  • Jean-Baptiste Schlachter 1741–1819 · military officer
  • Heinrich Schlachter 1817–1868 · merchant
  • Ferdinand Schlachter 1824–1875
  • Johann Schlachter 1834–1899 · lithographer

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

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