Döbler

surname · Latin script

Döbler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Toponymischer Familienname: nördl.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 6K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 10K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Döbler itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,600 people, est.

Sources
210 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dobler in DE Germany, CH Switzerland, AT Austria and 1 more and Doebler in PK Pakistan.

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(measured from records)

recorded in German

Toponymischer Familienname: nördl. Fälle wohl ÜberN aus mnd. dob(b)eler 'Würfelspieler, -drechsler'; südwestdt. Vorkommen wohl Ableitungen zu FlurN Dobel/Döbele. 718+98 Bearer.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Döbler 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.

Where Döbler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 22K—Dobler115
PK Pakistan—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 150K—Doebler1
CH Switzerland#6081,3951 in 6K1.4KDobler52
ID Indonesia—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 200K—Dobler3
AR Argentina—1,2501 in 36K1.3K—1
AT Austria#713≈890 est.≈1 in 10K—Dobler57
LI Liechtenstein—≈2 est.≈1 in 16K6—5

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); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Döbler is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dobler

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dobler

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Switzerland

    Also written Dobler

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Dobler

  • Finnish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Dobler

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States, Belgium

    Also written Dobler

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Switzerland

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Dobler, Доблер

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Dobler

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17001800190020002100Georg Döbler, b. 1788Ludwig Döbler, b. 1801Willi Döbler, b. 1891Hans Döbler, b. 1915Hannsferdinand Döbler, b. 1919Peter Döbler, b. 1940Thomas Döbler, b. 1964Nina Menegatto, b. 1978Christian Döbler, b. 1981Tilman Döbler, b. 2006

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Döbler mean?
Recorded meaning: Toponymischer Familienname: nördl.
In which country does Döbler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 thousand people named Döbler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dobler.
Where is Döbler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Döbler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 6.0 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Döbler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,395 people named Döbler in 2024, about 1 in 6.0 thousand residents.
How common is Döbler compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Döbler is the 608th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Döbler” — the 608th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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