Surname Information

The Registry of Swiss Surnames is an indispensable manual for genealogists and historians. It lists in alphabetical order all the families who, in 1962, had the right of citizenship of a Swiss commune. For each family, it indicates the commune (or communes) of which it is bourgeois ("commune of origin"), the date of acquisition of the right of bourgeoisie, the place or the country of which it originated before this acquisition (" old place of origin ").

The list of surnames below taken from my complete list of "Allied Families Around the World", includes the main surnames for which I have probably more information (over 150 individuals per surname, last updated : August 11, 2023).

Last Names / Patronymes Usage Earliest Date
Plus ancien
Adams 222 1629
Allen 278 11 Nov 1567
Anderson 385 1670
Armstrong 160 1708
Bailey 171 22 Mar 1698
Baker 235 4 Jun 1587
Barbier 270 ca 1515
Becker 243 1660
Béguin 159 9 Jan 1707
Bell 174 1685
Bennett 151 1586
Berthoud 170 ca 1450
Bonjour 1526 1630
Borel 265 ca 1647
Botteron 433 ca 1540
Bourquin 241 ca Feb 1560
Bovet 165 ca 1594
Brown 576 1600
Broxterman 171 11 Mar 1839
Brüne 181 ca 1745
Brunkow 201 7 Sep 1782
Brunner 228 4 Jan 1741
Bruns 160 4 Oct 1795
Campbell 199 2 Jun 1690
Chiffelle 335 ca 1405
Clark 434 1315
Cook 175 1615
Cooper 156 1555
Cox 185 5 Oct 1680
Davis 394 1585
Day 175 1651
de Chambrier 153 aft 1481
de Coulon 209 12 Dec 1774
de Montmollin 457 1460
de Pourtalès 168 11 Jan 1701
Descombes 613 ca 1565
Despland 295 10 Aug 1663
Deters 190 14 Nov 1809
Droz 176 28 Apr 1697
Du Pasquier 313 1409
Dubois 208 1597
Edwards 157 ca 1640
Evans 165 1706
Gauchat 470 1670
Geiser 196 ca 1775
Graf 166 1661
Green 208 1644
Hall 195 ca 1490
Harris 182 1645
Haug 235 14 Dec 1741
Haverkamp 238 20 Jan 1817
Henry 360 Oct 1663
Hill 164 23 Apr 1554
Holthaus 268 ca 1790
Howard 165 1240
Humbert-Droz 168 ca 1626
Jackson 161 1498
Jacot 230 23 Jan 1694
Jeanneret 215 7 Nov 1713
Johnson 644 1584
Jones 524 1603
JUNOD 1660 ca 1390
Kaiser 226 1613
Kelly 151 1615
Kennedy 158 20 Oct 1764
King 226 9 Jun 1613
Koch 318 1672
Koelzer 160 7 Jan 1826
Kolterman 157 1817
Kramer 269 8 Nov 1724
Lahme 254 ca 1550
Lange 168 8 Dec 1766
Lewis 242 ca 1544
Lierz 152 27 Mar 1760
Long 160 1590
Luterbacher 303 ca 1640
Martin 480 1610
Meiller 205 7 Aug 1677
Meyer 509 1682
Miller 747 1597
Mitchell 176 ca 1571
Moore 241 1638
Morris 156 Mar 1642
Moser 245 1554
Myers 234 1714
Nelson 236 1634
Olberding 214 26 Nov 1738
Pack 191 ca 1645
Peugeot 157 ca 1500
Phillips 168 1565
Reed 180 1633
Ribaux 423 ca 1570
Robinson 185 1677
Rogers 164 1549
Ronnebaum 175 1810
Rottinghaus 178 21 Sep 1821
Sandoz 175 1393
Schmidt 236 Jul 1661
Schmitz 200 ca 1760
Schneider 179 1650
Scott 277 1524
Simon 302 19 Jan 1672
Smith 1103 1599
Stallbaumer 255 17 May 1835
Stauffer 259 ca 1610
Steinlage 217 1829
Surdez 151 1700
Tardin 186 1769
Taylor 394 May 1595
Teske 168 1818
Thomas 308 1598
Thompson 311 1528
Tinembart 233 6 Jan 1684
Tschiffeli 184 ca 1300
Umscheid 212 17 Jun 1774
Wagner 162 1610
Walker 199 abt 1553
Ward 160 13 Apr 1565
Weber 248 10 Jan 1658
White 395 1551
Williams 491 1540
Wilson 431 1603
Wood 154 14 Apr 1606
Wright 215 14 Sep 1569
Young 190 1660