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

The Wetter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,553 people carried this name — #17,980 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,438 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

654 people named Wetter live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 181
Aargau 107
St. Gallen 77
Appenzell Innerrhoden 56
Thurgau 42
Schaffhausen 36
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 35
Basel-Stadt 24

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 79 people named Wetter.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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

Born outside France 9
Paris 15
Haut-Rhin 14
Vosges 12
Bas-Rhin 4
Territoire de Belfort 3
Moselle 3
Meuse 3
Ardèche 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

348 people named Wetter is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 348

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).

Who carried it

People named Wetter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Wetter 1594–1630
  • Josua Wetter 1622–1656 · writer
  • Laurenz Wetter 1654–1734 · businessperson
  • Petter Wetter 1659–1741 · businessperson
  • Desiderius Wetter 1683–1751
  • Abraham Wetter 1690–1737 · businessperson

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

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