Tischler

Name: Tischler: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
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Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: Occupational surname: carpenter/joiner, originally table-maker

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 19 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/ˈtɪʃ.ləʁ/(recorded in a dictionary) German · from Wiktionary

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Tischler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

ATAustria≈1 in 8.5Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
DEGermany≈1 in 24K
CZCzechia1 in 99K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Germany (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 270 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

Occupational surname: carpenter/joiner, originally table-maker.

Cited for this meaning 1

Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

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.

Where Tischler is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
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
AR Argentina	—	263	1 in 173K	263	—	—
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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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 names spelled this way

Tischler is also recorded as 2 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, United States, Brazil, Paraguay
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Tischlér, Tíschler
Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Hungary, United States
Also written Tischlér

40 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.

Other recorded senses

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

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

FormalDear Tischler,

InformalHello,

Evidence

31 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Tischler
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
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)	—	263	—
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.

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?: It depends on the language: in German /ˈtɪʃ.ləʁ/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /tiztʃleɾ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Tischler have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Tischler in Germany, 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 2026-10-13 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 2026-10-13.

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