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The Schwegler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 539 people carried this name — #40,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 527 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,634 people named Schwegler live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 700
Aargau 254
Zurich 190
Bern 82
Zug 64
Schwyz 55
St. Gallen 51
Solothurn 33

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 58 people named Schwegler 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 33
Santa Fe 25

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Schwegler.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 9
Bas-Rhin 27
Doubs 5
Haut-Rhin 2
Marne 1
Moselle 1
Allier 1
Haute-Saône 1
Paris 1

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

Who carried it

People named Schwegler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Albert Schwegler
    Albert Schwegler 1819–1857 · writer
  • Karl Schwegler
    Karl Schwegler 1902– · rower
  • Jakob Schwegler 1793–1866 · painter
  • Johann Schwegler 1820–1903 · politician
  • Xaver Schwegler 1832–1902 · artist
  • Emil Schwegler 1879–1968 · gymnast

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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