Aler

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 86K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.9M
  • ESSpain1 in 544K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
102 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 86K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aler 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 Aler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,300 est.≈1 in 86K—Aler30
US United States1141 in 2.9M146Aler102
ES Spain921 in 544K92Aler28
FR France≈39 est.≈1 in 1.8M3—1
PE Peru≈36 est.≈1 in 878K—Aler26
SE Sweden≈11 est.≈1 in 893K—Aler5
BE Belgium111 in 1.1M11Aler2

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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); 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)

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

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States

    Also written Åler

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Alér

  • Croatian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Philippines, Spain

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Aller, Аллер, Алер

35 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)

Aler is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In fro, to go (move, change place)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, obsolete form of lerui

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, blade

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

16001700180019002000Paul Aler, b. 1656Fons Aler, b. 1896Jan Aler, b. 1910John Aler, b. 1949
  • Paul Alerb. 1656BEGerman writer (1656-1727)
  • Fons Alerb. 1896NLDutch military officer (1896–1981)
  • Jan Alerb. 1910NLDutch professor of aesthetics and cultural philosophy
  • John Alerb. 1949USAmerican lyric tenor

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 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Aler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020146#123,817
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000134#119,644
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010114#145,220
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—92#29,158
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—92#29,046
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196112—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200811#67,249
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19018—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19515—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19814—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19214—

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

In which country does Aler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Aler in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aler.
How common is the name Aler?
In the United States, the national register counted 114 people named Aler in 2010, about 1 in 2.9 million 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, “Aler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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