The Schweizer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,133 people carried this name — #10,287 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,038 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Schweizer surname
Inherited from Middle High German swīzer. The senses "doorman" and "milker" arose because Swiss people were commonly employed in Germany in those professions; the sense "sacristan" arose because sacristans' garb resembled that of the Swiss Guards. For the sense development compare also French Suisse (“Swiss”): suisse (“doorman”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schweizer» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
7,159 people named Schweizer live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s 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 421 people named Schweizer 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 228 people named Schweizer.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haut-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 Poland’s population register
32 people named Schweizer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 70 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Schweizer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Schweizer in American newspapers,
1871–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,114 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schweizer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arthur Schweizer d. 1999 · rower
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Simon Schweizer 1593–1623 · artist
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Simon Schweizer 1593–1613 · artist
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Simon Schweizer 1600–1623 · artist
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Simon Schweizer 1600–1613 · artist
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Johann Kaspar Suicerus 1619–1688 · priest
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schweizer.
- Schwegler 539 · U.S. census
- Schweiger 2,588 · U.S. census
- Schweigert 1,909 · U.S. census
- Schwein 281 · U.S. census
- Schweitz 228 · U.S. census
- Schweitzer 10,068 · U.S. census
- Schwenck 137 · U.S. census
- Schwender 236 · U.S. census
- Schwenk 2,441 · U.S. census
- Schwertz 109 · U.S. census
- Schweyer 247 · U.S. census
- Schwimmer 968 · U.S. census
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