Glöckler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname mit -ler; zu Klang-/Klopfwortbildung um mhd

/ɡlœklɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Glöckler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 76K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6Mas Gloeckler
  • ATAustria≈1 in 181K

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 Glöckler 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,200 named Gloeckler, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GloecklerLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gloeckler in US United States, CH Switzerland, CN China and Glockler in HN Honduras, PA Panama.

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

Berufsname mit -ler; zu Klang-/Klopfwortbildung um mhd. klocken/klöcken. Typ 5 Types/1083 Tokens.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Glöckler 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 Glöckler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,200 est.≈1 in 646K—Gloeckler1
DE Germany≈1,100 est.≈1 in 76K—Glöckler53
US United States208as Gloeckler1 in 1.6M208Gloeckler115
FR France≈83 est.≈1 in 818K10——
AT Austria≈49 est.≈1 in 181K—Glöckler11
CH Switzerland331 in 255K33Gloeckler4
HN Honduras≈20 est.≈1 in 464K—Glockler2
PA Panama≈7 est.≈1 in 576K—Glockler1

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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Glöckler is also recorded as 6 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 Glockler

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Glockler

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Glockler

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Glockler

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Glockler

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Glockler

7 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Glöckler is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Berufsname; zeigt Suffix-/Formvarianz innerhalb der BerufsN; 1083 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Hans Ulrich Glöckler, b. 1560Walter Glöckler, b. 1908Helm Glöckler, b. 1909Traugott Glöckler, b. 1944Michaela Glöckler, b. 1946Ralph Roger Glöckler, b. 1950Kay One, b. 1984

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Glöckler, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Glöckler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202433#25,467

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

How do you pronounce Glöckler?
A machine transcription gives /ɡlœklɐ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Glöckler mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname mit -ler; zu Klang-/Klopfwortbildung um mhd.
In which country does Glöckler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Gloeckler in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Glöckler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 33 people named Glöckler in 2024, about 1 in 255 thousand residents.

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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, “Glöckler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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