Keßler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Kessel 'basin, kettle, hollow'; one from a hollow-shaped place
/ˈkɛslɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Keßler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 2.4Kas Kessler(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 4.8Kas Kessler
- USUnited States1 in 11Kas Kessler
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 Keßler 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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 442 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 named Kessler, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, as Kessler
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kessler in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
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)
from Kessel 'basin, kettle, hollow'; one from a hollow-shaped place
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Keßler 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Kessler | 9 |
| US United States | #991 | 29,064as Kessler | 1 in 11K | 29K | Kessler | 442 |
| DE Germany | #161 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Kessler | 174 |
| GH Ghana | #429 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Kessler | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Kessler | 108 |
| CH Switzerland | #182 | 3,521as Kessler | 1 in 2.4K | 3.5K | Kessler | 80 |
| AT Austria | #536 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Kessler | 70 |
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). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joseph Christoph Kesslerb. 1800DEGerman musician (1800–1872)
- Franz Joseph Keßlerb. 1838DEGerman politician (1838-1904)
- Hermann Keßlerb. 1866DEGerman politician (1866-1951)
- Friedemann Keßlerb. 1928DEGerman politician (1928-1985)
- Georg Keßlerb. 1932DEGerman association football player, manager and university teacher
- Mario Keßlerb. 1955DEGerman historian
- Paul Keßlerb. 1958DEGerman botanist in the Netherlands (born 1958)
- Christian Keßlerb. 1968DEGerman writer
- Nadine Keßlerb. 1988DEGerman soccer player
- Robert KeßlerGerman mayor
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 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 42 | #21,267 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Keßler mean, and where does it come from?
- from Kessel 'basin, kettle, hollow'; one from a hollow-shaped place Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Keßler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɛslɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Keßler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 167 thousand people named Kessler in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Keßler most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Keßler itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Switzerland's: the national register counts about 1 in 2.4 thousand people named Kessler.
- How common is the name Keßler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 29,064 people named Kessler in 2010, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Keßler compared with other names?
- In Germany, Keßler is the 161st most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ke%C3%9FlerThe 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, “Keßler” — the 161st most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.