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The Basler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,038 people carried this name — #10,552 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 2,625 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

934 people named Basler live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 359
Zurich 191
Bern 77
Lucerne 53
Thurgau 51
Solothurn 47
Basel-Landschaft 30
Basel-Stadt 27

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 146 people named Basler.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Haut-Rhin 76
Bas-Rhin 21
Paris 12
Moselle 5
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Doubs 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Loire-Atlantique 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 27 people named Basler live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 14
Buenos Aires Province 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Basler in American newspapers,
1879–1925.

Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Basler
Der Nordstern 1925-04-02
Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Basler
New York Dispatch 1879-09-07
Newspaper page from New Ulm Post carrying the name Basler
New Ulm Post 1919-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,124 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Basler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adolphe Basler
    Adolphe Basler 1876–1951 · writer
  • Adolphe Basler
    Adolphe Basler 1876–1949 · writer
  • Adolphe Basler
    Adolphe Basler 1878–1951 · writer
  • Adolphe Basler
    Adolphe Basler 1878–1949 · writer
  • Franz Karl Basler-Kopp
    Franz Karl Basler-Kopp 1879–1937 · illustrator
  • Katharina Basler 1777–1849 · author

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Basler.

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