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

The Wasser surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,010 people carried this name — #13,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

337 people named Wasser live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 90
Zurich 52
Bern 48
Vaud 33
Neuchâtel 31
Solothurn 14
Basel-Landschaft 11
Geneva 11

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 190 people named Wasser.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Bas-Rhin 75
Haut-Rhin 44
Vosges 22
Moselle 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Drôme 4
Territoire de Belfort 3
Paris 3

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

In Poland’s population register

62 people named Wasser have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 93 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 Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 40
Opole 12
Subcarpathian 5
Masovian 3
West Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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