Loffler

surname · Latin script

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

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

Loffler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Löffler.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 4.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1M
  • ATAustria≈1 in 9.1K

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)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
138 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Löffler in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland and 1 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)

Borrowed from German Löffler.

Sources 3

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Loffler 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 Loffler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#310≈17,000 est.≈1 in 4.8KlistedLöffler118
CN China—≈3,800 est.≈1 in 363K—Loffler1
AT Austria#576≈970 est.≈1 in 9.1K—Löffler42
CH Switzerland—3441 in 24K344Löffler12
US United States—3171 in 1M369Loffler138
CZ Czechia—1651 in 65K165Löffler14
AU Australia—≈150 est.≈1 in 165K—Loffler66

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); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Loffler is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Paraguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Löffler, Lôffler, Lóffler

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Belgium

    Also written Löffler, Lôffler

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lőffler, Löffler

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland

    Also written Löffler

28 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)

1850190019502000Bertold Löffler, b. 1874Wilhelm Löffler, b. 1887Emanuel Löffler, b. 1901Joachim Löffler, b. 1904Gerd Löffler, b. 1927Lothar Löffler, b. 1929Horst Löffler, b. 1942Sigrid Löffler, b. 1942Frank Löffler, b. 1980Joznez, b. 1994

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)

FormalDear Loffler,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Loffler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020369#59,236
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010317#63,068
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000284#65,298
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—1#26,405
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Loffler mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Löffler. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Dictionary of American Family Names and 1 other source.
How do you pronounce Loffler?
A machine transcription gives /ɫɔfɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Loffler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Loffler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled löffler.
How common is the name Loffler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 344 people named Loffler in 2024, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
How common is Loffler compared with other names?
In Germany, Loffler is the 310th most common surname of 765,306 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, “Loffler” — the 310th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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