The Zahnd surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 297 people carried this name — #66,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 266 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,718 people named Zahnd live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 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 92 people named Zahnd.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Zahnd 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.
Who carried it
People named Zahnd,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gérald Zahnd 1941–2026 · poster artist -
Gérald Zahnd 1941–2026 · poster artist
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Johann Zahnd 1854–1934 · painter
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John Zahnd 1877–1961 · writer
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Roland Zahnd 1929–2009 · painter
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René Zahnd 1958– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zahnd.
When the index is not enough
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