Walliser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Walliser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 296 people carried this name — #66,754 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 280 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

451 people named Walliser live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 91
Zurich 62
Bern 62
St. Gallen 48
Aargau 42
Solothurn 30
Lucerne 18
Thurgau 17

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 89 people named Walliser.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-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 4
Haut-Rhin 66
Bas-Rhin 5
Haute-Garonne 4
Paris 3
Moselle 2
Territoire de Belfort 2
Haute-Vienne 1
Hauts-de-Seine 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 Walliser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christoph Thomas Walliser
    Christoph Thomas Walliser 1568–1648 · composer
  • Laurentius Thomas Walliser 1569–1631 · professor
  • Ferdinand Walliser 1813–1855 · actor
  • Josef Anton Walliser 1814–1895
  • Wilhelm Walliser 1831–1898 · sculptor
  • Josef Walliser 1879–1945 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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