The Visser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,231 people carried this name — #6,490 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,812 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 242 people named Visser 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 216 people named Visser 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
126 people named Visser live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Visser.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
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
Visser in American newspapers,
1903–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,619 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Visser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arie Visser 1826–1896 · politician -
Jan Visser jr. 1856–1938 · painter -
Robert Visser 1860–1937 · farmer -
Lodewijk Ernst Visser 1871–1942 · lawyer -
Herman Visser 1872–1943 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 214 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Visser.
- Viscaino 247 · U.S. census
- Viscardi 440 · U.S. census
- Visconti 2,540 · U.S. census
- Vise 1,075 · U.S. census
- Visentin 172 · U.S. census
- Visintin 122 · U.S. census
- Viste 268 · U.S. census
- Vit 167 · U.S. census
- Vita 1,842 · U.S. census
- Vital 5,004 · U.S. census
- Vitale 13,220 · U.S. census
- Vitali 905 · U.S. census
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