The Byler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,230 people carried this name — #2,722 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,300 people counted. That is up 46% from 9,070 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

84 people named Byler have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 97 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

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

Where they live today

Masovian 68
Pomeranian 6
Lower Silesian 5
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 5

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Byler in American newspapers,
1906–1921.

Newspaper page from The Daily Guard carrying the name Byler
The Daily Guard 1908-05-13
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Byler
Evening Star 1906-03-04
Newspaper page from The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union carrying the name Byler
The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union 1921-07-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,582 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Byler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joe Byler 1922–1994 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Byler,
in the records of 3 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 States87 records

87 records of the Byler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 60
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record David A. Byler

    Born 1922 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Erie; driver from Lawrence County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Castle View Memorial Gardens, New Castle, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stephen Hawley Byler

    Born 1948; from Ft Worth, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Byler

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Columbia from Liverpool, aged 22; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 87 records for Byler 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Byler name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Glenda Margaret Byler

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 57.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sarah Isabella Byler

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Byler in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Byler name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jean Henri Byler

    Married in 1807 in Maastricht; "spinner", born 1766 in Maastricht.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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