Maler

surname · Latin script

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

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

Maler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From male (“to paint”) + -er.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 94K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1M
  • CZCzechia1 in 34K

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈860 people, est.

Sources
156 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From male (“to paint”) + -er.

Sources 4

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maler 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 Maler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈860 est.≈1 in 94KlistedMaler59
CM Cameroon≈560 est.≈1 in 50K—Maler1
US United States3301 in 1M455Maler156
IN India≈320 est.≈1 in 4.2M3Maler5
CZ Czechia3141 in 34K314—2
AT Austria≈66 est.≈1 in 134K—Maler16
HR Croatia291 in 146K29——

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 2000; the dfa-band-5 register; MVČR — living population register 2017; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); the in-instate-surnames-bystate 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)

Maler is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Poland, Israel

    Languages: Czech, Polish

    Also written Maléř, Maleř, Malér

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Cameroon, Spain

    Also written Maléř

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maléř, Mäler

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Maller, Малер

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Малер, Mahler, Malher

32 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)

1400160018002000Valentin Maler, b. 1540Friedrich Maler, b. 1799Wilhelm Maler, b. 1902Amitay Maler, b. 1916Leopoldo Maler, b. 1937Henri Maler, b. 1946Oded Maler, b. 1957Jim Maler, b. 1958Nikolaus Maler, b. 1972

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Maler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000455#44,497
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020396#55,864
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010330#60,960
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202129#18,741
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202120—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#26,294
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Maler mean, and where does it come from?
From male (“to paint”) + -er. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Dictionary of American Family Names and 2 other sources.
How do you pronounce Maler?
A machine transcription gives /ˈmeɪɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Maler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 857 people named Maler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maler.
Where is Maler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Maler is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 34 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Maler?
In the United States, the national register counted 330 people named Maler in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 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, “Maler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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