Kuchler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 1.(also Kiichler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuoche ‘cake’, ‘pastry’

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

Kuchler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 513K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 12K

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 Kuchler 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)

≈4,100 named Kuechler, est.

Sources
169 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 12K (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 Küchler in DE Germany, CH Switzerland and Kuechler in CN China.

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)

1.(also Kiichler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuoche ‘cake’, ‘pastry’. 2. (Kuchler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from KUchle, a southern diminutive of Kuchen ‘cake’ (Middle High German kuoche). 3. in Austria, occupational name for someone who worked in a kitchen, from Bavarian-Austrian Kuchel ‘kitchen’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kuchler 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 Kuchler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈4,100 est.≈1 in 342K—Kuechler1
DE Germany≈3,100 est.≈1 in 26KlistedKüchler79
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈2,300 est.≈1 in 45K—Kuchler1
CH Switzerland7211 in 12K721Küchler22
US United States6481 in 513K648Kuchler169
AT Austria≈170 est.≈1 in 52K—Kuchler26
CZ Czechia351 in 306K36——

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; the dfa-band-1 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end). 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)

Kuchler is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Netherlands

    Also written Küchler

  • Polish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Polish, Czech

    Also written Küchler

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Panama, Switzerland

    Also written Küchler, Kûchler

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Küchler, Kűchler

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland

    Also written Küchler

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States

    Also written Küchler

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kuchler is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Vokalvariation u; zu Siedlungsnamen wie Küche(l), Kücheln, Kucheln, Kuchen, Kuchl; 320+571 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

  • In German, Berufsname zu mhd. kuoche „Kuchen“; Vokalvarianz u/ü in -(n/l)er-Bildung. 891 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

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)

1700180019002000Conrad Heinrich Küchler, b. 1740Heinz Kuchler, b. 1921Walter Kuchler, b. 1932Jiri Kuchler, b. 1950Richard Kuchler, b. 1951Jiří Kuchler, b. 1977Christian Kuchler, b. 1985Albert Kuchler, b. 1998

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Kuchler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010648#34,835
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000645#33,380
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020589#40,169
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202446#19,892
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—36#12,270
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—35#37,161
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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 Kuchler come from?
1.(also Kiichler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuoche ‘cake’, ‘pastry’. 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
What does the name Kuchler mean?
Recorded meaning: 1.(also Kiichler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuoche ‘cake’, ‘pastry’.
In which country does Kuchler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 thousand people named Kuechler in China, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kuchler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kuchler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 12 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kuchler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 721 people named Kuchler in 2024, about 1 in 12 thousand 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, “Kuchler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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