The Schlosser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,203 people carried this name — #4,892 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,166 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 825 people named Schlosser.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
392 people named Schlosser live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 106 people named Schlosser 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Schlosser live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
50 people named Schlosser are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Schlosser in American newspapers,
1841–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,938 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schlosser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eduard Schlosser d. 1807 · physician
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Georg Eduard Schlosser d. 1807 · physician
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Maria Schlosser d. 1630 · midwife
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Konrad Schlosser d. 1541 · theologian
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Susana Margaretha Schlosser d. 1772
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Philipp Schlosser 1613–1675 · pastor
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schlosser.
- Schlepp 406 · U.S. census
- Schlesinger 3,940 · U.S. census
- Schlesser 302 · U.S. census
- Schlichter 667 · U.S. census
- Schlick 846 · U.S. census
- Schlitter 324 · U.S. census
- Schlotter 479 · U.S. census
- Schlupp 214 · U.S. census
- Schmaltz 2,461 · U.S. census
- Schmauch 250 · U.S. census
- Schmeltz 507 · U.S. census
- Schmelzer 2,050 · U.S. census
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