The Wildermuth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,651 people carried this name — #17,159 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,654).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Wildermuth live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 57 people named Wildermuth.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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 print
Wildermuth in American newspapers,
1906–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,127 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wildermuth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ottilie Wildermuth 1817–1877 · writer -
Agnes Wildermuth Willms 1844–1931 · editor
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Hans Wildermuth 1846–1902 · artist
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Adelheid Wildermuth 1848–1932 · writer
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Hermann Wildermuth 1852–1907 · writer
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Ora L. Wildermuth 1882–1964 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wildermuth.
- Wiesen 924 · U.S. census
- Wieser 1,568 · 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
- Wilhelm 19,913 · U.S. census
- Wilk 5,763 · U.S. census
- Wilke 8,106 · U.S. census
- Wilkinson 53,739 · U.S. census
- Will 12,575 · U.S. census
- Willaert 251 · U.S. census
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