Gürtler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname: Gürtelmacher; aus mhd
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɟʏʁtlɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gürtler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 29K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 878K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 22K
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)
- Sources
- 145 (measured from records)
- 1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gurtler in US United States, BY Belarus and Guertler in CH Switzerland.
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)
Berufsname: Gürtelmacher; aus mhd. gürteler, mnd. gordelēr(e). Bearer count: 1670.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gürtler 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 29K | listed | Gürtler | 81 |
| US United States | 379 | 1 in 878K | 390 | Gurtler | 145 |
| CH Switzerland | 376 | 1 in 22K | 376 | Guertler | 16 |
| BR Brazil | 292 | 1 in 725K | 292 | — | — |
| AT Austria | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Gürtler | 19 |
| CZ Czechia | 135 | 1 in 79K | 135 | — | 1 |
| BY Belarus | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Gurtler | 1 |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); MVČR — living population register 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gürtler is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, berufsbezogener Familienname: Gürtler, Hersteller von Gürteln/ledernen Zierwaren
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Gürtler, Hersteller von Gürteln oder Schmuck-/Metallwaren.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Gürtler, Hersteller von Gürteln und Beschlägen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Gürtel-/Gurtmacher; Belegzahl 1670.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, from the occupation of belt-maker
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Johann Gürtlerb. 1868ATAustrian politician (1868-1936)
- Alfred Gürtlerb. 1875ATAustrian statistician, economist and politician (1875-1933)
- Paul Anton Gürtlerb. 1905CHSwiss politician (1905-1982)
- Walter Guertlerb. 1925CHnot in their usual nameSwiss record producer, entrepreneur, music executive
- Friedrich Gürtlerb. 1933Danish pianist
- Lutz Gürtlerb. 1942DEGerman virologist
- Elisabeth Gürtlerb. 1950ATAustrian businesswoman
- Jaroslav Gürtlerb. 1954Czech football manager
- Hiltrude Gürtlerb. 1957DEGerman rower
- Katja Trödthandlb. 1989ATnot in their usual nameAustrian footballer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 376 | #3,496 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 135 | #12,637 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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
- How do you pronounce Gürtler?
- A machine transcription gives /ɟʏʁtlɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Gürtler mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname: Gürtelmacher; aus mhd.
- In which country does Gürtler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Gürtler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gürtler.
- Where is Gürtler most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gürtler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 22 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Gürtler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 379 people named Gürtler in 2010, about 1 in 878 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%BCrtlerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gürtler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.