The Zbinden surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 421 people carried this name — #49,824 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (423).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
5,120 people named Zbinden live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 159 people named Zbinden 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Zbinden.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Zbinden is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Zbinden,
with a public archive behind them.
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François Zbinden 1871–1936 · painter
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Joseph Zbinden 1873–1924
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Hans Zbinden 1893–1971 · writer
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Fritz Zbinden 1896–1968 · painter
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Hans Werner Zbinden 1899–1977 · physician
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Emil Zbinden 1908–1991 · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zbinden.
- Zarka 192 · U.S. census
- Zaug 155 · U.S. census
- Zaugg 1,039 · U.S. census
- Zawada 774 · U.S. census
- Zawadzki 1,347 · U.S. census
- Zaza 280 · U.S. census
- Zborowski 289 · U.S. census
- Zebrowski 1,739 · U.S. census
- Zecca 677 · U.S. census
- Zecchini 210 · U.S. census
- Zech 1,324 · U.S. census
- Zeh 1,540 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Zbinden is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.