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

The Zaugg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,039 people carried this name — #24,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 18% from 879 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

5,020 people named Zaugg live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 2,467
Zurich 462
Aargau 393
Solothurn 345
Basel-Landschaft 209
Vaud 151
Fribourg 131
Lucerne 123

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 125 people named Zaugg.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Territoire de Belfort 35
Doubs 15
Yonne 8
Paris 5
Sarthe 5
Bas-Rhin 5
Loire 5
Seine-et-Marne 4

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 111 people named Zaugg 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 52
Buenos Aires Province 48
Córdoba 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Zaugg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernst Rudolf Zaugg
    Ernst Rudolf Zaugg 1880–1976
  • Ervin Zaugg-Casella d. 1952 · photographer
  • Elmer Harold Zaugg 1881–1971 · missionary
  • Fritz Zaugg 1885–1956 · politician
  • Ernest Maurice Zaugg 1889–1963
  • Hans Zaugg 1894–1986 · artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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