Buchler

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Buchler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Büchler.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael1 in 26Kas ביכלר(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 28Kas Bichler
  • USUnited States1 in 162Kas Buechler

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 Buchler 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)

≈2,900 named Bichler, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
242 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BuechlerLatin(measured from records)
ביכלרHebrew(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Büchler in DE Germany, CH Switzerland, AT Austria, ביכלר in IL Israel, RO Romania and Buechler in US United States.

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)

Borrowed from German Büchler.

Sources 1

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Buchler 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 Buchler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 28K—Büchler81
US United States—2,048as Buechler1 in 162K2KBuechler242
AT Austria—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Büchler20
CH Switzerland#6361,8291 in 4.6K1.8KBüchler31
ZA South Africa—≈400 est.≈1 in 141K—Buchler18
IL Israel—329as ביכלר1 in 26K329ביכלר20
RO Romania—≈230 est.≈1 in 92K—ביכלר2

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); CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"). 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)

Buchler is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Switzerland

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Büchler

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Belgium

    Also written Büchler

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Büchler

  • Czech surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

    Also written Büchler

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Switzerland, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Büchler

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Switzerland

    Also written Büchler

28 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)

1400160018002000Johann Buchler, b. 1570Käthe Buchler, b. 1876Samuel Buchler, b. 1882Justus Buchler, b. 1914Johnny Buchler, b. 1930Florian Buchler, b. 1991

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 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Buchler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020713#34,261
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000657#32,900
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010595#37,442
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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 Buchler mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Büchler. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Buchler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Bichler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Buchler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Buchler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 4.6 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Buchler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,829 people named Buchler in 2024, about 1 in 4.6 thousand residents.
How common is Buchler compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Buchler is the 636th most common surname of 127,759 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, “Buchler” — the 636th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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