The Beeler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,902 people carried this name — #4,489 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,856 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,562 people named Beeler live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schwyz.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Schwyz 462
Zurich 278
St. Gallen 235
Lucerne 118
Zug 91
Aargau 74
Bern 67
Graubünden 36

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 25 people named Beeler.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Oise.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Oise 7
Yvelines 4
Paris 3
Finistère 2
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Val-d’Oise 1
Somme 1

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

21 families named Beeler, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 119 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 12
South Carolina 3
Maryland 2
Virginia 2
Connecticut 1
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Beeler in American newspapers,
1901–1913.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Beeler
The Caucasian 1913-12-11
Newspaper page from The St. Johns Herald carrying the name Beeler
The St. Johns Herald 1901-01-05
Newspaper page from The Coconino Sun carrying the name Beeler
The Coconino Sun 1901-04-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,367 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Beeler in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

129 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beeler. The most, 32, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 40
Victoria 33
South Australia 25
Queensland 13
Western Australia 12
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beeler.

Who carried it

People named Beeler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lora Luvernia Waters 1864–1935 · teacher
  • Adam Beeler 1869–1947 · judge
  • Roy H. Beeler 1882–1954 · lawyer
  • Maxwell Newton Beeler 1888– · writer
  • Kathleen Beeler 1901– · cinematographer
  • Walter Beeler 1908–1973 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Beeler,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States524 records

524 records of the Beeler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 311
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 122
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 31
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Clifford Doil Beeler

    Born 1943; from Muldrow, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Go Cong, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Chester W. Beeler

    Born 1924 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Chastain Memorial Park, Blue Ridge, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kath Beeler

    Arrived at New York in 1894 aboard the La Touraine from Havre, aged 21; cook. From Switzerland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 524 records for Beeler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands169 records

169 records of the Beeler name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 95
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 74
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johan Christoffer Beeler

    Married in 1815 in Vollenhove; "griffier". Died 1855 in Middelstum, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Fennegiena Margaretha Engelina Beeler

    Born 1859 in Zuidhorn. Died 1940 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Regina Anna Mijnette Beeler

    Born 1816 in Onderdendam (Bedum). Married in 1870 in Weststellingwerf. Died 1884 in Stad Doetinchem, aged 68.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Beeler in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada154 records

154 records of the Beeler name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Oyiah Havelock Beeler

    Died 1945 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Estella Agusta Beeler

    Died 1953 in Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Blanche G. Beeler

    Died 1915 in Lequille, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 154 records for Beeler in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Beeler name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rosa Beeler

    Arrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Kleist, aged 5.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louis Beeler

    Arrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Kleist, aged 48.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ludwig Beeler

    Arrived in Victoria in 1914 aboard the Zieten, aged 18.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Beeler in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France14 records

14 records of the Beeler name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Julia Pauline Beeler

    Born 1910 in Saint-Gervais; died 1978 in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Claude Maurice Beeler

    Born 1939 in Mantes-la-Ville; died 1976 in Septeuil (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Stephane Jean Beeler

    Born 1967 in Brest; died 1997 in Brasparts (Finistère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Beeler in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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