The Wissler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 990 people carried this name — #25,083 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 911 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 166 people named Wissler.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
100 people named Wissler live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 44 people named Wissler 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Wissler 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).
Who carried it
People named Wissler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bess Wissler 1866–1952 · painter -
Anders Wissler 1869–1941 · sculptor -
Anders Wissler 1869–1941 · sculptor -
Clark Wissler 1870–1947 · writer -
Jacques Wissler 1803–1887 · artist
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Robert W. Wissler 1917–2006 · pathologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wissler.
- 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
- Wisser 597 · 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
- Witte 9,816 · U.S. census
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