Wormser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wormser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 282 people carried this name — #69,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 9% from 309 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 152 people named Wormser.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Paris 38
Haut-Rhin 36
Bas-Rhin 13
Doubs 12
Côte-d’Or 8
Hérault 6
Territoire de Belfort 5
Yvelines 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Wormser 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

Zurich 7
Aargau 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Geneva 4
Schwyz 4
Solothurn 3

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 print

Wormser in American newspapers,
1877–1903.

Newspaper page from The Pioche Weekly Record carrying the name Wormser
The Pioche Weekly Record 1877-02-03
Newspaper page from Nord Stern carrying the name Wormser
Nord Stern 1903-05-08
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Wormser
The Salt Lake Herald 1892-08-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,502 pages in all carry the name.

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