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

The Wehrli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 611 people carried this name — #36,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 549 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,853 people named Wehrli live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 707
Aargau 597
Bern 240
Thurgau 218
St. Gallen 192
Graubünden 126
Solothurn 122
Basel-Landschaft 105

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 109 people named Wehrli 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 46
Córdoba 26
Santa Fe 25
City of Buenos Aires 12

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 74 people named Wehrli.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-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 19
Bas-Rhin 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Paris 4
Loire 3
Landes 3
Vosges 3
Val-de-Marne 3
Savoie 3

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

Who carried it

People named Wehrli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Jakob Wehrli
    Johann Jakob Wehrli 1790–1855 · pedagogue
  • Johann Ulrich Wehrli
    Johann Ulrich Wehrli 1794–1839 · composer
  • Heinrich Wehrli
    Heinrich Wehrli 1869–1906 · photographer
  • Hans J. Wehrli
    Hans J. Wehrli 1871–1945 · photographer
  • Andreas Wehrli 1747–1795
  • Karl Wehrli 1843–1902 · artist

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

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