Fankhauser
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈfæŋkˌhaʊzɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fankhauser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 216K
- ARArgentina1 in 254K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 6 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
5,107 people, 2024
recorded for this name
Reference-verified
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fankhauser counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 5,107 | 1 in 1.6K | 5.1K | Fankhauser | 6 |
| US United States | 1,537 | 1 in 216K | 1.5K | Fankhauser | 4 |
| AR Argentina | 179 | 1 in 254K | 179 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | 56 | 1 in 3.8M | 56 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 21 | 1 in 2.4M | 21 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 5 | 1 in 3.5M | 5 | — | — |
5,107 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gottfried Fankhauserb. 1870CHSwiss non-fiction writer (1870-1962)
- Alfred Fankhauserb. 1890CHSwiss journalist and writer (1890-1973)
- Eduard Fankhauserb. 1904CHSwiss writer (1904-1998)
- Angeline Fankhauserb. 1936CHSwiss politician
- Merrell Fankhauserb. 1943USAmerican singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Urs Fankhauserb. 1943CHSwiss rower
- Peter Fankhauserb. 1960CHSwiss businessman, CEO of the Thomas Cook Group
- Philipp Fankhauserb. 1964CHSwiss musician
- Nadia Fankhauserb. 1993CHbadminton player
- Lukas FankhauserCHSwiss male curler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5.1K | #106 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.5K | #18,116 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #18,972 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.4K | #18,389 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 179 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 56 | #96,827 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 21 | #82,136 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 21 | #80,648 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 5 | #76,903 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Fankhauser?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfæŋkˌhaʊzɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Fankhauser have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 5.1 thousand people named Fankhauser, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fankhauser.
- Where is Fankhauser most common?
- Fankhauser is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Fankhauser?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 5,107 people named Fankhauser in 2024, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Fankhauser?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fankhauserThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fankhauser”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.