Bähler

surname · Latin script

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

Bähler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Chad than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Swiss German Bähler.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 521K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 4.8K
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 155K

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 Bähler 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.

Chad (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,900 named Baehler, est.

Sources
185 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

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 Bahler in US United States, DE Germany, DZ Algeria and 1 more and Baehler in TD Chad, RO Romania.

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 Swiss German Bähler.

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bähler 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 Bähler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TD Chad#118≈2,900 est.≈1 in 5.9K—Baehler1
CH Switzerland#8081,7351 in 4.8K1.7KBähler34
US United States—6381 in 521K670Bahler185
DZ Algeria—≈280 est.≈1 in 155K—Bahler1
DE Germany—≈150 est.≈1 in 543K—Bahler37
RO Romania—≈140 est.≈1 in 153K—Baehler1
LB Lebanon—≈19 est.≈1 in 289K—Bahler1

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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (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)

Bähler is also recorded as 5 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 Bahler

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States

    Also written Bahler, Bâhler

  • Ukrainian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Switzerland

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Bahler, Балер, Baler

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bahler

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Switzerland, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bahler

6 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)

175018001850190019502000Rudolf Albrecht Bähler, b. 1795Eduard Bähler, b. 1832Eduard Bähler, b. 1870Luzia Bähler, b. 1885Willem Theodoor Bähler, b. 1892Marcel Bähler, b. 1940Anna Bähler, b. 1959Alexandra Bähler, b. 1968Cécile Bähler, b. 1981

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

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Bähler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20241.7K#583

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 Bähler mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Swiss German Bähler. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Bähler?
A machine transcription gives /bɛlɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Bähler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Baehler in Chad, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Bähler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bähler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 4.8 thousand people — even though Chad holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Bähler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,735 people named Bähler in 2024, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
How common is Bähler compared with other names?
In Chad, Bähler is the 118th most common surname of 674 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, “Bähler” — the 118th most common surname in Chad. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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