Shindler

surname · Latin script

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

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

Shindler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): London; Herefs. see Shingler . Further information: Shindle is recorded in OED in 1585 as a local variant of shingle.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael1 in 14Kas שינדלר(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 34Kas Schindler
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 320K

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 Shindler 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.

United States (measured from records)

9,801 named Schindler, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
215 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 320K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ShindlerLatin(measured from records)
שינדלרHebrew(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled שינדלר in IL Israel, RO Romania and Schindler in CH Switzerland.

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)

Main GB Location (1881): London; Herefs. see Shingler . Further information: Shindle is recorded in OED in 1585 as a local variant of shingle. Compare also Johannes Schindele, 1381 in Poll Tax (Hartridge, Berks).

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shindler 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 Shindler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States9,801as Schindler1 in 34K9.8KShindler215
CH Switzerland2,011as Schindler1 in 4.2K2KSchindler3
BR Brazil739as Schindler1 in 286K739—2
IL Israel624as שינדלר1 in 14K624שינדלר26
CZ Czechia608as Schindler1 in 18K609——
RO Romania≈330 est.≈1 in 64K—שינדלר2
GB United Kingdom≈210 est.≈1 in 320K268Shindler70

9,801 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling schindler. 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; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); 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)

Shindler is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Шиндлер, Schindler, Шіндлер, Szyndler, Счиндлер

39 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)

18001850190019502000Antonio Zeno Shindler, b. 1823Harry Shindler, b. 1921Geoffrey Shindler, b. 1942Nicola Shindler, b. 1968

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 Shindler,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Shindler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000851#26,855
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010817#29,041
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020765#32,272
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002148#25,866
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—41#120,411
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • 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

What does the name Shindler mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): London; Herefs. see Shingler . Further information: Shindle is recorded in OED in 1585 as a local variant of shingle. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Shindler?
A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɪndɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Shindler have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 9.8 thousand people named Schindler, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Shindler?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,801 people named Schindler in 2010, about 1 in 34 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, “Shindler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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