The Wisser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 597 people carried this name — #37,341 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 19% from 739 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Wisser.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Wisser live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Wisser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Wisser 1843–1935 · teacher -
Marcel Wisser d. 2008
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Friedrich Wisser 1834–1896 · politician
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Anna Wisser 1859–1951
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August Wisser 1880– · jurist
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Ernst Wisser 1881–1972 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wisser.
- Wirtz 4,166 · U.S. census
- Wisler 1,058 · U.S. census
- Wisniewska 102 · U.S. census
- Wisniewski 12,675 · U.S. census
- Wiss 597 · U.S. census
- Wissen 110 · U.S. census
- Wissler 990 · U.S. census
- Witas 150 · U.S. census
- Witczak 674 · U.S. census
- Witek 1,414 · U.S. census
- Witkowski 5,662 · U.S. census
- Witt 31,575 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wisser is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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