Glöckler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname mit -ler; zu Klang-/Klopfwortbildung um mhd
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ɡlœklɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Glöckler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- 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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 115 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gloeckler in US United States, CA Canada, CH Switzerland 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)Berufsname mit -ler; zu Klang-/Klopfwortbildung um mhd. klocken/klöcken. Typ 5 Types/1083 Tokens.
Cited for this meaning 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Glöckler | 53 |
| US United States | 208as Gloeckler | 1 in 1.6M | 208 | Gloeckler | 115 |
| FR France | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 818K | 10 | — | — |
| AT Austria | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 181K | — | Glöckler | 11 |
| CA Canada | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 874K | — | Gloeckler | 22 |
| CH Switzerland | 33 | 1 in 255K | 33 | Gloeckler | 4 |
| HN Honduras | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 464K | — | Glockler | 2 |
| PA Panama | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 576K | — | Glockler | 1 |
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 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)- Hans Ulrich Glöcklerb. 1560DEGerman sculptor
- Walter Glöcklerb. 1908DEGerman racing driver
- Helm Glöcklerb. 1909DEGerman racing driver (1909–1993)
- Traugott Glöcklerb. 1944DEGerman shot putter
- Michaela Glöcklerb. 1946DEGerman pediatrician
- Ralph Roger Glöcklerb. 1950DEGerman author
- Kay Oneb. 1984DEnot in their usual nameGerman rapper
- Falko GlöcklerDEHead Of Department Science Data Management & Information Technology at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
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)6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 33 | #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 1.1 thousand people named Glöckler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled glöckler.
- 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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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gl%C3%B6cklerThe 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, “Glöckler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.