The Wittwer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,390 people carried this name — #19,441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,288 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,112 people named Wittwer live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 105 people named Wittwer.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-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 Wittwer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Gottfried Wittwer 1686–1725 · physician -
Hans Wittwer 1894–1952 · architect -
Daniel Wittwer 1959– · politician -
Beat Wittwer 1966– · actor -
Christa Wittwer 1982– · athlete -
Viktor Wittwer 1601–1679 · pastor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 63 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wittwer.
- Witte 9,816 · U.S. census
- Witter 4,268 · U.S. census
- Wittig 2,365 · U.S. census
- Wittmann 1,552 · U.S. census
- Wittmer 1,863 · U.S. census
- Wittner 632 · U.S. census
- Witwicki 118 · U.S. census
- Witz 876 · U.S. census
- Witzel 1,625 · U.S. census
- Wloch 230 · U.S. census
- Wlodarczyk 806 · U.S. census
- Woehl 487 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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