The Buhler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,146 people carried this name — #10,245 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,981 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
9,685 people named Buhler live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 535 people named Buhler.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 217 people named Buhler 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
53 people named Buhler is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Buhler in American newspapers,
1915–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,729 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Buhler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexandra Bühler 1784–1836 · painter -
Augustus Waldeck Buhler 1853–1920 · painter
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Alfred Buhler 1890–1977 · politician
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Heinrich Buhler 1893–1986 · painter
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Muguette Buhler 1905–1972 · fashion designer
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Robert Buhler 1916–1989 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buhler.
- Bugaj 447 · U.S. census
- Bugeja 144 · U.S. census
- Bugel 171 · U.S. census
- Bugni 369 · U.S. census
- Buhagiar 194 · U.S. census
- Buhl 2,515 · U.S. census
- Buhr 2,452 · U.S. census
- Bui 28,919 · U.S. census
- Buis 1,257 · U.S. census
- Buisson 302 · U.S. census
- Bukowski 3,487 · U.S. census
- Bula 589 · U.S. census
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