The Wunsch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,598 people carried this name — #17,586 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,615 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
94 people named Wunsch live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Wunsch.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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
76 people named Wunsch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 117 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Wunsch 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
81 people named Wunsch are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Wunsch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Jakob von Wunsch 1717–1788 · major general -
Aaron V. Wunsch d. 2024 · university teacher
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Johann Georg Wünsch 1640–1715
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Johann Melchior Wünsch 1666– · mintmaster
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Euphrosina Wunsch 1678–1738 · Christian nun
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Johann Georg Wünsch 1679–1728 · mintmaster
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wunsch.
- Wrona 1,415 · U.S. census
- Wronski 777 · U.S. census
- Wu 71,721 · U.S. census
- Wucher 176 · U.S. census
- Wuest 1,713 · U.S. census
- Wunderlich 3,604 · U.S. census
- Wurm 1,729 · U.S. census
- Wurster 2,154 · U.S. census
- Wurth 1,241 · U.S. census
- Wurtz 2,357 · U.S. census
- Wurtzel 411 · U.S. census
- Wust 157 · U.S. census
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