Kistler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: occupational name for a joiner or cabinet maker
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɪstɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kistler is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- CHSwitzerland
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for a joiner or cabinet maker. Middle High German kisteler. Compare Kistner.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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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)
Kistler 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, Morphologische Variante des Berufsnamens Kister/Küster mit -ler-Suffix; 654 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Berufsname zu Kiste/Kübel; zeigt die Suffixvariante -ler gegenüber -er/-ner/-ker.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Berufsname zum Kistenmacher/Schreiner; 623 Belege, ohne ü-Variante.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zu Kiste; Suffixvariante -ler; 654 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In Turkish, plural of kist
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Cyrill Kistlerb. 1848DEGerman composer (1848–1907)
- Steven Kistlerb. 1900USAmerican chemical engineer (1900–1975)
- Guy Kistlerb. 1910USAmerican politician (1910-1988)
- Walter Kistlerb. 1918CHSwiss physicist (1918-2015)
- Doug Kistlerb. 1938USAmerican basketball player (1938–1980)
- Rives Kistlerb. 1949USAmerican judge
- Barbara Kistlerb. 1955CHRadical leftist activist (1955–1993)
- Darci Kistlerb. 1964USAmerican dancer
- Noga Nir-Kistlerb. 1979USAmerican Paralympic swimmer and table tennis player
- Jon Kistlerb. 2003CHSwiss ski mountaineer (born 2003)
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 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 6.7K | #5,185 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.6K | #5,705 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.1K | #6,385 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.7K | #575 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 40 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 26 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Where does the name Kistler come from?
- occupational name for a joiner or cabinet maker. Middle High German kisteler. Compare Kistner. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Kistler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɪstɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kistler mean?
- Recorded meaning: occupational name for a joiner or cabinet maker.
- In which country does Kistler have the most bearers?
- Kistler is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kistlerThe 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, “Kistler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.