The Schmelzer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,050 people carried this name — #14,537 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,009 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Schmelzer live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Schmelzer.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In print
Schmelzer in American newspapers,
1898–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,096 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schmelzer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer 1620–1680 · composer -
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer 1630–1680 · composer
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Andreas Anton Schmelzer 1653–1701 · composer
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Bernhard Schmelzer 1833–1909 · illustrator
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Bernhard Schmelzer 1833–1909 · illustrator
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Carl Schmelzer 1834–1898 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schmelzer.
- Schlosser 7,203 · 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
- Schmerber 241 · U.S. census
- Schmid 11,400 · U.S. census
- Schmidlin 659 · U.S. census
- Schmidt 147,034 · U.S. census
- Schmied 502 · U.S. census
- Schmieder 1,104 · U.S. census
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