The Egler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 600 people carried this name — #37,180 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 612 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Egler.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-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 Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Egler live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Egler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwig Egler 1828–1898 · writer -
Ludwig Egler 1828–1898 · writer
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Harry Egler 1908–1997 · architect -
Inger Egler 1935–2019 · continuity announcer -
Carl Egler 1896–1982 · artist
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Frank Edwin Egler 1911–1996 · botanist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Egler.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Egler is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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