The Zurlinden surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 142 people carried this name — #121,590 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 150 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
247 people named Zurlinden live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 62 people named Zurlinden.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Haut-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.
Who carried it
People named Zurlinden,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaspard Zurlinden 1838–1915 · politician
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Friedrich Rudolf Zurlinden 1851–1932 · entrepreneur
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Hans Zurlinden 1892–1972 · writer
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Jacques Zurlinden 1936– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zurlinden.
- Zunino 459 · U.S. census
- Zurawski 1,503 · U.S. census
- Zurcher 1,343 · U.S. census
- Zurek 1,442 · U.S. census
- Zurfluh 433 · U.S. census
- Zurita 4,770 · U.S. census
- Zwahlen 469 · U.S. census
- Zwick 2,273 · U.S. census
- Zwickel 140 · U.S. census
- Zwiebel 789 · U.S. census
- Zwinger 121 · U.S. census
- Zych 1,523 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Zurlinden 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.