Künzler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Patro-/metronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -er; regionale Bildung aus einem Rufnamen

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

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 148K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 449K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 4.8K

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 Künzler 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.

Brazil (measured from records)

3,062 people

Sources
171 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kunzler in US United States, CH Switzerland, GB United Kingdom and 1 more and Kuenzler in LI Liechtenstein.

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

Patro-/metronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -er; regionale Bildung aus einem Rufnamen.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Künzler 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 Künzler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—3,0621 in 69K3.1K—4
CH Switzerland#6791,7691 in 4.8K1.8KKunzler30
US United States—7411 in 449K840Kunzler171
DE Germany—≈540 est.≈1 in 148K—Künzler53
GB United Kingdom—≈77 est.≈1 in 857K—Kunzler26
TC Turks & Caicos Islands#644≈4 est.≈1 in 15K—Kunzler1
LI Liechtenstein#237≈1 est.≈1 in 32K5Kuenzler2

3,062 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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)

Künzler is also recorded as 7 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 Kunzler

  • Portuguese surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Switzerland

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Kunzler, Kûnzler

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Kunzler

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Kunzler

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Switzerland

    Also written Kunzler

  • Slovak name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kunzler

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Kunzler

11 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)

1850190019502000Jakob Künzler, b. 1871August Künzler, b. 1901Attilio Nisoli, b. 1920Hermann Künzler, b. 1922Christoph Künzler, b. 1951Michèle Künzler, b. 1961Alexander Künzler, b. 1962Markus Künzler, b. 1964Mathis Künzler, b. 1978Laura Künzler, b. 1996

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 Künzler, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Künzler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20241.8K#565
LI LiechtensteinStatistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames)20205—

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 Künzler?
A machine transcription gives /cʰʏntslɐ̯/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Künzler mean?
Recorded meaning: Patro-/metronymischer Familienname mit Suffix -er; regionale Bildung aus einem Rufnamen.
In which country does Künzler have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.1 thousand people named Künzler, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Künzler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Künzler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 4.8 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Künzler?
In Brazil, the national register counted 3,062 people named Künzler, about 1 in 69 thousand residents.
How common is Künzler compared with other names?
In Liechtenstein, Künzler is the 237th most common surname of 283 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, “Künzler” — the 237th most common surname in Liechtenstein. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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