Wissler
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈwɪsɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wissler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: see Whistler .
- DEGermany≈1 in 265Kas Wißler(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 83K
- USUnited States1 in 336K
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 Wissler 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)
- Sources
- 71 (measured from records)
- 1 in 83K (inferred from the name graph)
990 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
see Whistler .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wissler 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 990 | 1 in 336K | 990 | Wissler | 71 |
| DE Germany | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 265K | — | Wissler | 67 |
| CH Switzerland | 101 | 1 in 83K | 101 | Wissler | 20 |
| AR Argentina | 44 | 1 in 1M | 44 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 23 | 1 in 444K | 23 | Wissler | 5 |
| NO Norway | 12 | 1 in 456K | 12 | — | 3 |
990 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bess Wisslerb. 1866SESwedish sculptor (1866–1952)
- Anders Wisslerb. 1869SESwedish sculptor (1869-1941)
- Clark Wisslerb. 1870USAmerican anthropologist (1870–1947)
- Robert W. Wisslerb. 1917USAmerican pathologist
- Mary Grahamb. 1944USnot in their usual nameAmerican author and researcher
- Janine Wisslerb. 1981DEGerman politician (born 1981)
- Janina Wisslerb. 1983DEGerman model
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 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 990 | #25,083 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 971 | #26,469 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 911 | #25,484 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 101 | #10,978 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 44 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 23 | #22,650 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 12 | #53,686 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- How do you pronounce Wissler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɪsɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wissler mean?
- Recorded meaning: see Whistler .
- In which country does Wissler have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 990 people named Wissler, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wissler.
- Where is Wissler most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Wissler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 83 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Wissler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 990 people named Wissler in 2010, about 1 in 336 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wisslerThe 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, “Wissler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.