The Wohlgemuth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,347 people carried this name — #19,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,229 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
464 people named Wohlgemuth live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 82 people named Wohlgemuth.
4 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
27 people named Wohlgemuth have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 62 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Warmian-Masurian.
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.
Who carried it
People named Wohlgemuth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwig von Wohlgemuth 1788–1851 · politician -
Johann Caspar Wohlgemuth 1738–1803
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Philipp Wohlgemuth 1739–1804
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Constantin Sebastian Leonhard Wohlgemuth 1747–1770
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Georg von Wohlgemuth 1791–1859 · military officer
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Rudolph Wohlgemuth 1810–1893 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wohlgemuth.
- Wlodarczyk 806 · U.S. census
- Woehl 487 · U.S. census
- Woehrle 531 · U.S. census
- Woelfle 356 · U.S. census
- Woerner 2,606 · U.S. census
- Woerth 149 · U.S. census
- Wojciak 472 · U.S. census
- Wojciechowski 5,023 · U.S. census
- Wojcieszak 105 · U.S. census
- Wojcik 7,710 · U.S. census
- Wojtasik 189 · U.S. census
- Wojtczak 309 · U.S. census
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