The Walser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,782 people carried this name — #11,341 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,657 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,782 people named Walser live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 405 people named Walser 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 Entre Ríos.
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 96 people named Walser.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
Walser in American newspapers,
1903–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,731 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Walser,
with a public archive behind them.
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János Walser 1782–1865 · cooper -
János Walser 1782–1865 · cooper
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Johann Walser d. 1593 · Catholic priest
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Augusta Walser d. 1967
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Gabriel Walser 1695–1776 · historian
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Yso Walser 1722–1800 · judicial vicar
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Walser.
- Walle 912 · U.S. census
- Waller 36,805 · U.S. census
- Wallerich 300 · U.S. census
- Wallet 236 · U.S. census
- Walliser 296 · U.S. census
- Wallon 160 · U.S. census
- Walsh 105,079 · U.S. census
- Walter 48,024 · U.S. census
- Walther 6,444 · U.S. census
- Walti 132 · U.S. census
- Walton 73,854 · U.S. census
- Waltz 6,819 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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