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The Wanner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,411 people carried this name — #7,536 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 3,855 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,987 people named Wanner live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 461
Schaffhausen 350
Bern 204
Lucerne 167
Aargau 154
Thurgau 108
Basel-Landschaft 92
Vaud 88

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 572 people named Wanner.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Haut-Rhin 221
Bas-Rhin 149
Moselle 46
Paris 21
Seine-Maritime 16
Yvelines 11
Marne 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8

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

In the Nordic population registers

83 people named Wanner is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 83

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

Wanner in American newspapers,
1878–1920.

Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Wanner
The Detroit Times 1913-05-09
Newspaper page from The Leavenworth Echo carrying the name Wanner
The Leavenworth Echo 1920-07-09
Newspaper page from Skaffaren carrying the name Wanner
Skaffaren 1878-12-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,902,907 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wanner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jakob Friedrich Wanner
    Jakob Friedrich Wanner 1830–1903 · architect
  • Valentin Wanner 1495–1567 · parson
  • Alexander Wanner 1758–1837 · politician
  • Anton Wanner 1800–1872 · politician
  • Christian Wanner 1815–1874 · composer
  • Marx Wanner 1817– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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