The Wettstein surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,279 people carried this name — #20,687 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,202 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,197 people named Wettstein live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 204 people named Wettstein 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 Santa Fe.
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 89 people named Wettstein.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Wettstein,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Rudolf Wettstein 1614–1684 · librarian -
Johann Rudolf Wettstein 1594–1666 · mayor
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Ulrich Wettstein 1600–1676 · printer
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Johann Rudolf Wettstein 1647–1711 · theologian
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Johann Rudolf Wettstein 1658–1734 · politician
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Johann Friedrich Wettstein 1659–1744 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wettstein.
- Westermeyer 462 · U.S. census
- Westphal 7,101 · U.S. census
- Westrich 480 · U.S. census
- Wetta 243 · U.S. census
- Wetter 1,553 · U.S. census
- Wetterer 120 · U.S. census
- Wetzel 15,849 · U.S. census
- Wetzler 1,114 · U.S. census
- Wexler 3,787 · U.S. census
- Wey 930 · U.S. census
- Weyand 1,501 · U.S. census
- Weyant 2,130 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wettstein is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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