The Buchler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 595 people carried this name — #37,442 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 9% from 657 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,832 people named Buchler live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 101 people named Buchler.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
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 45 people named Buchler 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Buchler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Käthe Buchler 1876–1930 · photographer -
Samuel Buchler 1882–1971 -
Johnny Buchler 1930–2017 · rugby union player -
Johann Buchler 1570–1640 · philologist
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Hermann Buchler 1815–1900 · businessperson
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Justus Buchler 1914–1991 · philosopher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buchler.
- Buchert 1,094 · U.S. census
- Buchheit 1,631 · U.S. census
- Buchholtz 1,090 · U.S. census
- Buchholz 7,790 · U.S. census
- Buchi 138 · U.S. census
- Buchin 165 · U.S. census
- Buchmann 582 · U.S. census
- Buchs 370 · U.S. census
- Buchwald 951 · U.S. census
- Buchwalter 177 · U.S. census
- Buchy 131 · U.S. census
- Buck 42,639 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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