Schlosser
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Means a lock maker, a trade and occupational name, in the Under Rhine district, in the south of Kinzig, in Pforzheim, Königsbach
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈʃɫɔsɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schlosser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 8.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 46K
- ATAustria≈1 in 11K
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)
- Sources
- 323 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Schlösser in FR France.
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)
Means a lock maker, a trade and occupational name, in the Under Rhine district, in the south of Kinzig, in Pforzheim, Königsbach.
Sources 1
- The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Schlosser 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #373 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Schlosser | 152 |
| US United States | — | 7,203 | 1 in 46K | 7.2K | Schlosser | 323 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,771 | 1 in 120K | 1.8K | — | 4 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Schlosser | 3 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 53K | 181 | Schlösser | 3 |
| AT Austria | #918 | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Schlosser | 60 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 342 | 1 in 25K | 342 | Schlosser | 26 |
| DK Denmark | — | 245 | 1 in 24K | 245 | Schlosser | 52 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Schlosser | 4 |
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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Schlosser 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, Occupational surname: 'Schlosser' (locksmith / maker of metal locks); 8 types, 7022 tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, locksmith (male or of unspecified gender)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. schlosser ‘Schlosser, Schlüsselmacher’; 4244 Belege. Die Karte zeigt Monophthongvarianz o/ö.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zu Schlosser ‘Metallhandwerker/Schlosser’; zeigt o/ö-Vokalvarianz.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname: Schlosser/Schlossmacher, also Metallarbeiter für Schlösser; Bearer count 7022.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Johann Georg Schlosserb. 1739DEGerman judge, jurist and lawyer (1739-1799)
- Cornelia Schlosserb. 1750DEGerman author of letters and sister of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1750-1777)
- Friedrich Christoph Schlosserb. 1776DEGerman historian
- Joseph Calasenz Schlosser von Klekovskib. 1808CZphysician, alpinist and botanist (1808-1882)
- Max Schlosserb. 1854DEGerman zoologist, paleontologist and geologist. (1854–1932)
- Julius von Schlosserb. 1866ATAustrian art historian (1866–1938)
- Imre Schlosserb. 1889HUHungarian association football player (1889–1959)
- Kurt Schlosserb. 1900DEGerman activist (1900-1944)
- Eric Schlosserb. 1959USAmerican journalist and author
- Pieter Schlosserb. 1980GTGuatemalan-American filme and TV composer (born 1980)
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 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.2K | #4,892 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7.2K | #4,544 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 6.7K | #5,087 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.8K | #5,463 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 342 | #3,870 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 245 | #1,972 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 245 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 231 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 181 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 174 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 169 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 167 | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Schlosser mean, and where does it come from?
- Means a lock maker, a trade and occupational name, in the Under Rhine district, in the south of Kinzig, in Pforzheim, Königsbach. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
- What are other forms of the name Schlosser?
- In the etymology graph, Ślusarz is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Schlosser?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɫɔsɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Schlosser have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Schlosser in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schlosser.
- How common is the name Schlosser?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,203 people named Schlosser in 2010, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.
- How common is Schlosser compared with other names?
- In Germany, Schlosser is the 373rd 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, “Schlosser” — the 373rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.