Schlägel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: mallet, maul

Schlägel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 348K(measured from records)
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 73K
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 119K

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 Schlägel 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)

956 people, 2010

Sources
212 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 73K (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

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 Schlagel in US United States, GB United Kingdom, HN Honduras and 2 more and Schlaegel in DE Germany.

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)

mallet, maul

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schlägel 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 Schlägel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States9561 in 348K1.1KSchlagel212
DE Germany≈200 est.≈1 in 407KlistedSchlaegel39
IT Italy≈140 est.≈1 in 455K—Schlagel3
HN Honduras≈130 est.≈1 in 73K—Schlagel2
GB United Kingdom≈120 est.≈1 in 563K—Schlagel8
CH Switzerland≈71 est.≈1 in 119K—Schlagel5
AT Austria≈21 est.≈1 in 415K—Schlägel5

956 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-5 register. 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)

Schlägel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Schlagel

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Burkina Faso

    Also written Schlagel

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Schlagel

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Schlägel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———

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 Schlägel mean, and where does it come from?
mallet, maul Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Schlägel?
In the etymology graph, Schlegel is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Schlägel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 956 people named Schlägel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schlagel.
How common is the name Schlägel?
In the United States, the national register counted 956 people named Schlägel in 2010, about 1 in 348 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, “Schlägel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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