The Drexler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,235 people carried this name — #9,969 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,232).
What the name means
The meaning of the Drexler surname
From the German surname, from Middle High German dræhseler, Drehseler (“turner, lather”), Old High German thrāhslāri, from a Proto-Germanic source related to *þwerhaz (“crossed, turned”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Drexler» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 174 people named Drexler.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Drexler live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Drexler 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.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Drexler 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
Drexler in American newspapers,
1922–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,815 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Drexler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josef Drexler 1850–1922 · architect -
Anton Drexler 1858–1940 · architect -
Mathias Drexler 1790–1850 · sculptor
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Mikhail Drexler 1840–1885 · teacher
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Hermann Drexler 1854–1915
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Jakob (Jaques) Drexler 1854–1926
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Drexler.
- Drapeau 1,408 · U.S. census
- Dray 1,835 · U.S. census
- Dreger 933 · U.S. census
- Dreher 5,644 · U.S. census
- Dreistadt 174 · U.S. census
- Dresch 523 · U.S. census
- Drey 718 · U.S. census
- Dreyer 6,751 · U.S. census
- Dreyfus 789 · U.S. census
- Dreyfuss 605 · U.S. census
- Dries 1,158 · U.S. census
- Driesbach 227 · U.S. census
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