Mittler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. topographic name from Middle High German mittel ‘middle’ (see Mitter)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈmɪtɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mittler is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
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)- Middle High Germanmittel(measured from records)
- Middle High Germanmitteler(measured from records)
1. topographic name from Middle High German mittel ‘middle’ (see Mitter). 2. byname from Middle High German mitteler ‘mediator’, ‘arbitrator’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)Mittler 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, comparative degree of mittel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Beleg für dd/tt-Varianz; zu Mitte/Mittel/Mitter.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
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)- Konrad Toeche-Mittlerb. 1869DEGerman publisher
- Leo Mittlerb. 1893ATAustrian filmmaker (1893–1958)
- Franz Mittlerb. 1893ATAustrian composer (1893-1970)
- Ludwig Mittlerb. 1900DEbotanist
- Wolf Mittlerb. 1918DEGerman radio host (1918–2002)
- Mauritius Mittlerb. 1921DEGerman librarian and priest
- Gernot Mittlerb. 1940DEGerman politician
- Elmar Mittlerb. 1940DEGerman librarian
- Barbara Mittlerb. 1968DEGerman sinologist
- Pete Mittlerb. 1971USAmerican punk rock bass guitarist
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)17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 618 | #38,554 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 567 | #37,043 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 464 | #45,959 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 46 | #24,511 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 32 | #26,077 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 21 | #46,166 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 12 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Mittler come from?
- 1. topographic name from Middle High German mittel ‘middle’ (see Mitter). 2. byname from Middle High German mitteler ‘mediator’, ‘arbitrator’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What are other forms of the name Mittler?
- In the etymology graph, Mittel is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Mittler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɪtɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Mittler mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. topographic name from Middle High German mittel ‘middle’ (see Mitter).
- In which country does Mittler have the most bearers?
- Mittler 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/mittlerThe 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, “Mittler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.