Dreßler
surname · Latin script
Dreßler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Zu Dresel(er), konkurriert mit Herkunftsnamen zu Siedlungsnamen wie Dresel, Dretzel; zeigt Frikativvariation chs/x/s(s), ß.
- DEGermany≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 74Kas Dressler
- CZCzechia1 in 51Kas Dressler
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 Dreßler 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 198 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
4,470 named Dressler, 2010
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Dressler in DE Germany, US United States, PL Poland and 1 more.
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)
Zu Dresel(er), konkurriert mit Herkunftsnamen zu Siedlungsnamen wie Dresel, Dretzel; zeigt Frikativvariation chs/x/s(s), ß. Bearer count: 7939.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dreßler 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 4,470as Dressler | 1 in 74K | 4.5K | Dressler | 198 |
| DE Germany | #752 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Dressler | 138 |
| BR Brazil | — | 727as Dressler | 1 in 291K | 727 | — | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 210as Dressler | 1 in 51K | 210 | — | — |
| PL Poland | — | 153as Dressler | 1 in 250K | 80 | Dressler | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 64as Dressler | 1 in 131K | 64 | Dressler | 20 |
| FI Finland | — | 36as Dressler | 1 in 155K | 36 | — | — |
4,470 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
- Gallus Dresslerusb. 1533DEnot in their usual nameGerman composer
- Willy Oskar Dresslerb. 1876DEGerman writer (1876-1954)
- Hermann Dreßlerb. 1882DEGerman author
- Wilhelm Dreßlerb. 1893DEGerman politician
- Fridolin Dreßlerb. 1921DEGerman librarian and regional historian (1921-2013)
- Dieter Dreßlerb. 1932DEGerman painter (1932-2011)
- Rudolf Dreßlerb. 1940DEGerman politician
- Thomas Dreßlerb. 1964DEGerman swimmer
- Sören Dreßlerb. 1975DEGerman association football player
- Luca Dreßlerb. 2002DEGerman cyclist
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 4 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 1
- 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 Dreßler mean?
- Recorded meaning: Zu Dresel(er), konkurriert mit Herkunftsnamen zu Siedlungsnamen wie Dresel, Dretzel; zeigt Frikativvariation chs/x/s(s), ß.
- In which country does Dreßler have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 4.5 thousand people named Dressler, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Dreßler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,470 people named Dressler in 2010, about 1 in 74 thousand residents.
- How common is Dreßler compared with other names?
- In Germany, Dreßler is the 752nd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dre%C3%9FlerThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Dreßler” — the 752nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.