The Wieser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,568 people carried this name — #17,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,595 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
727 people named Wieser live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Wieser.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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.
In Poland’s population register
37 people named Wieser have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 66 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Wieser is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wieser.
- Wiel 105 · U.S. census
- Wieland 5,314 · U.S. census
- Wiener 5,191 · U.S. census
- Wierzbicki 1,639 · U.S. census
- Wies 442 · U.S. census
- Wiesen 924 · U.S. census
- Wiest 3,588 · U.S. census
- Wilbert 3,222 · U.S. census
- Wilczynski 1,414 · U.S. census
- Wild 8,217 · U.S. census
- Wildermuth 1,651 · U.S. census
- Wilhelm 19,913 · U.S. census
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