Tischler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Occupational surname: carpenter/joiner, originally table-maker
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈtɪʃəɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tischler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 184K
- ATAustria≈1 in 8.5K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 270 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Occupational surname: carpenter/joiner, originally table-maker.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tischler 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 306K | — | Tischler | 2 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 24K | listed | Tischler | 114 |
| US United States | — | 1,806 | 1 in 184K | 1.8K | Tischler | 270 |
| AT Austria | #689 | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Tischler | 81 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 229K | — | Tischler | 9 |
| PY Paraguay | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Tischler | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Tischler | 12 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 23K | 53 | Tischler | 6 |
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-3 register; the ee-stat-nimed register. 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)
Tischler 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, name for a joiner, from an agent deriv. of Ger. Tisch table (MHG tisch, OHG tisc). This was the normal term for the craftsman in N and E Germany and in Austria and Switz¬ erland during the Middle Ages; in the W, from Bavaria to the Dutch border, the equivalent was Schreiner. Vars.: Tischmann. Ger.: Tisch(n)er. Tishman(n), Tischman, Teszler, Tes(s)ler. Jewish: Tishler, Tinot see Martin
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In German, joiner (wooden furniture manufacturer)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname 'Tischler, Schreiner, Holzhandwerker'; Erweiterung des Suffixes -er zu -ler an Basis tisch < lat. discus. Bearer count: 1501.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Berufsname ‘Tischler, Schreiner’ zu Tisch ‘Tafel, Möbelstück’. Bearer count: 1501. Morphematisch: Ableitung mit -ler.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Berufsname zu Tisch 'Tischmacher'; -ler-Variante des Berufsnamens. Bearer count nicht angegeben.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
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)
- Ludwig Tischlerb. 1840ITarchitect from Austria
- Otto Tischlerb. 1843PLGerman archaeologist and prehistorian (1843–1891)
- Georg Tischlerb. 1878DEGerman botanist (1878-1955)
- Heinrich Tischlerb. 1892PLGerman architect and painter (1892-1938)
- Hans Tischlerb. 1915USAmerican musicologist and composer
- Bob Tischlerb. 1946USAmerican television producer
- Bernd Tischlerb. 1959DEGerman politician
- Heike Tischlerb. 1964DEGerman heptathlete
- Omer Tishlerb. 1975ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli Air Force general
- Patrik Tischlerb. 1991HUHungarian association football player
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 31 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.8K | #16,051 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,171 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.7K | #15,670 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 53 | #1,770 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 43 | #2,314 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
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 Tischler mean, and where does it come from?
- Occupational surname: carpenter/joiner, originally table-maker. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
- How do you pronounce Tischler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtɪʃəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tischler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.6 thousand people named Tischler in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tischler.
- How common is the name Tischler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,806 people named Tischler in 2010, about 1 in 184 thousand residents.
- How common is Tischler compared with other names?
- In Austria, Tischler is the 689th most common surname of 127,275 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, “Tischler” — the 689th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.