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 : November 3, 2034).
Last Names / Patronymes | Usage | Earliest Date Plus ancien |
Adams | 247 | 1629 |
Allen | 295 | 11 Nov 1567 |
Anderson | 434 | 1670 |
Armstrong | 167 | 1708 |
Bailey | 183 | 22 Mar 1698 |
Baker | 255 | 4 Jun 1587 |
Barbier | 271 | ca 1515 |
Becker | 261 | 1660 |
Béguin | 180 | 9 Jan 1707 |
Bell | 187 | 1685 |
Bennett | 168 | 1586 |
Berger | 177 | 21 Apr 1700 |
Bergman | 154 | 23 Aug 1840 |
Bonjour | 1557 | 1630 |
Borel | 272 | ca 1647 |
Botteron | 452 | ca 1540 |
Bourquin | 256 | ca Feb 1560 |
Bovet | 166 | ca 1594 |
Brown | 633 | 1600 |
Broxterman | 182 | 11 Mar 1839 |
Brüne | 182 | ca 1745 |
Brunkow | 202 | 7 Sep 1782 |
Brunner | 240 | 4 Jan 1741 |
Bruns | 163 | 4 Oct 1795 |
Campbell | 216 | 2 Jun 1690 |
Chiffelle | 336 | ca 1405 |
Clark | 488 | 1315 |
Cook | 198 | 1615 |
Cooper | 178 | 1555 |
Cox | 203 | 5 Oct 1680 |
Davis | 440 | 1585 |
Day | 180 | 1651 |
de Chambrier | 153 | aft 1481 |
de Coulon | 214 | 12 Dec 1774 |
de Montmollin | 460 | 1460 |
de Pourtalès | 172 | 11 Jan 1701 |
Descombes | 615 | ca 1565 |
Despland | 279 | 10 Aug 1663 |
Deters | 197 | 14 Nov 1809 |
Droz | 179 | 28 Apr 1697 |
Du Pasquier | 314 | 1409 |
Dubois | 223 | 1597 |
Edwards | 194 | ca 1640 |
Evans | 170 | 1706 |
Fischer | 153 | ca 1538 |
Gauchat | 473 | 1670 |
Geiser | 205 | ca 1775 |
Graf | 173 | 1661 |
Green | 243 | 1644 |
Hall | 227 | ca 1490 |
Harris | 202 | 1645 |
Haug | 252 | 14 Dec 1741 |
Haverkamp | 253 | 20 Jan 1817 |
Henry | 386 | Oct 1663 |
Hill | 183 | 23 Apr 1554 |
Holthaus | 282 | ca 1790 |
Howard | 168 | 1240 |
Humbert-Droz | 173 | ca 1626 |
Jackson | 182 | 1498 |
Jacot | 235 | 23 Jan 1694 |
Jeanneret | 248 | 7 Nov 1713 |
Johnson | 745 | 1584 |
Jones | 558 | 1603 |
JUNOD | 1663 | ca 1390 |
Kaiser | 228 | 1613 |
Kelly | 157 | 1615 |
Kennedy | 183 | 13 Mar 1749 |
King | 240 | 9 Jun 1613 |
Koch | 330 | 1672 |
Koelzer | 160 | 7 Jan 1826 |
Kolterman | 158 | 1817 |
Kramer | 283 | 8 Nov 1724 |
Lahme | 254 | ca 1550 |
Lange | 174 | 8 Dec 1766 |
Lewis | 259 | ca 1544 |
Lierz | 157 | 27 Mar 1760 |
Long | 174 | 1590 |
Luterbacher | 303 | ca 1640 |
Martin | 522 | 1610 |
Meiller | 229 | 7 Aug 1677 |
Meyer | 591 | 1682 |
Miller | 820 | 1597 |
Mitchell | 221 | ca 1571 |
Moore | 293 | 1638 |
Morris | 164 | Mar 1642 |
Moser | 262 | 1554 |
Myers | 283 | 1714 |
Nelson | 266 | 1634 |
Olberding | 219 | 26 Nov 1738 |
Pack | 193 | ca 1645 |
Peterson | 172 | 1770 |
Peugeot | 161 | ca 1500 |
Phillips | 184 | 1565 |
Reed | 200 | 1633 |
Ribaux | 429 | ca 1570 |
Roberts | 155 | 1690 |
Robinson | 196 | 1677 |
Rogers | 180 | 1549 |
Ronnebaum | 183 | 1810 |
Roth | 196 | ca 1663 |
Rottinghaus | 180 | 21 Sep 1821 |
Sandoz | 197 | 1393 |
Schmidt | 263 | Jul 1661 |
Schmitt | 150 | 1686 |
Schmitz | 205 | ca 1760 |
Schneider | 200 | 1650 |
Scott | 305 | 1524 |
Simon | 306 | 19 Jan 1672 |
Smith | 1258 | 1599 |
Stallbaumer | 258 | 17 May 1835 |
Stauffer | 280 | ca 1610 |
Steinlage | 225 | 1829 |
Stewart | 174 | 1581 |
Surdez | 152 | 1700 |
Tardin | 187 | 1769 |
Taylor | 426 | May 1595 |
Teske | 169 | 1818 |
Thomas | 338 | 1598 |
Thompson | 346 | 1528 |
Tinembart | 245 | 6 Jan 1684 |
Tschiffeli | 184 | ca 1300 |
Turner | 162 | 1679 |
Umscheid | 222 | 17 Jun 1774 |
Wagner | 171 | 1610 |
Walker | 224 | abt 1553 |
Ward | 193 | 13 Apr 1565 |
Weber | 266 | 10 Jan 1658 |
Wells | 162 | 1514 |
White | 433 | 1551 |
Williams | 538 | 1540 |
Wilson | 475 | 1603 |
Wood | 164 | 14 Apr 1606 |
Wright | 239 | 14 Sep 1569 |
Young | 209 | 1660 |
Zabel | 162 | 1709 |